Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-07-02
BY MCLANAHAN & DILL.
TEE CONSUMPTION HILL.
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Fic Defense.

large additional force to meet the advancing co
Z, umns of the enemy now invading our soil
therefore,
The Congress of the Confederate States
: America do enact, That the President be, and
is hereby, authorized to call out and place in th
- military service Of the Confederate States, 70
three years unless the war shall have been soon
er ended, all white men who are residents of tn
= Confederate States, between the ages Of eigh
o teen and thiTty-ive years at the time the call o
calls may be made, who are not legally exempt
ed from military service. All of the person.
aforesaid who are now in the armies of the Con
0 federacy, and whose term of service viii expiT,
before the end of the war, shall be continued il
the service for three years from the date Of thei
original enlistment, unless the war shall have
been sooner ended: Provided, however, That all
such companies, sqUsdrons, bsttalions and regi-
ments, whose term Of original enlistment was
for twelve months, shall have the right, within
forty days, on a day to be fixed by the command
er of the brigade, to Te-organize said companies,
battaIons and regiments, by electing all their
officers, which they had a right heretofore to
, elect, who shall be commissioned by the Presi-
dent Provided, further, That furloughs not ex-
/. ceeding sixty days, with transportation home
and back, shall be granted to all those retained
IN the service by the provisions Of this act be-
! y0nd the period Of their original enlistment
and dEgho have noE Heretofore received furlOughs
under the provisions OF an act entitled, an act
. providing for the granting Of bounty and fur
loughs TO priYates and nOn-conmissiOned officers
IN the provisional army approved II tn Decem-
Der, eighteen hundred and Si1ty-One, said fur
loughs to be granted at such times and in such
numbers as the Secretary Of War may deem
most compatible with the public interest; and
provided, further, That in lieu Of a furlough the
Communication value in money of the transPOrta-
ton herein above granted, shall be paid to each
private, musician or nOncommissioned officer
who may elect to receive 1t, at such time as the
furlough would otherwise be granted: Provided,
tUrther That all persons under the age of eigh-
teen years or over the age Of thirty-tive years.
! who are now enrolled in the military service of
the Confederate States in the regiments, squad
rons, battaiOns and companies hereafter to be
re-Organized, shall be required to remain in their
! respective companies, squadrOns battalions and
I regiments for ninety days, unless their places
can be sooner supplied by other recruits not now |
IL the service, who are between the ages OF
eighteen and thirty-hYe years, and all laws pro-
! vidlng Tor the Te-enlstment of volunteers and |
the organizations thereof into companies, squad |
rons battaLOns or regiments shall be, and the /
same is hereby, repealed.
SEC. 2 Be it further enacted, That such COM
panies, squadTons bettalions or regiments or
ganized, or In process Of organization by aU-
thority from the Secretary Of War, as may be
within thirty days from the passage of this act,
so far completed as to have the whole number OF
men requisite for organization actually enrolled,
not embracing in said Organizations any per-
sons now in service, shall be mustered into the
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 are authorized
to organize, and shall elect their company, bat
talon and reglmental officers.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That for the en-
rollment of all persons compTehended within the
provisions of this act, who are not already in
service IN the armies Of the Confederate States,
1t shall be lawful for the President with the CON
sent Of the governors of the respective States,
to employ State officers, and on failure to obtain
such consent, be snail employ Confederate Off
GERS, charged with the duty OF making such en- !
TOllment in accordance with rules and regula- | ,
tons to be prescribed By him.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That persons
enrolled under the provisions Of the preceding 8
section shall be assigned by the Secretary OF :
War to the different companies nowin the service,
until each company is filed to its maximum
number, and the persons so enrolled shall be {
assigned TO companies from the States from which /
they respectively come.
SEC. >. Be it further enacted, That all seamen
and ordinary seamen 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
to the naval service. I
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That in all cases
where a State may not have in the army num-
Der of regiments, battaiOns, squadrons or com
panies sufficient to absorb the number Of persons
subject to military service under this act, belong
ing to such State, then the residue or excess
thereof shall be kept as a reserve, under such '
regulations as may be established by the Secre- =
taTy 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 Q
reserve may remain at home until called into Il
service by the President: Provided, also, That q
during their stay at home they shall not receive
pay: Provided, further, That the persons com s.
pretended in this act shall not be subject to the a
rules and articles of war until mustered into the
actual service Of the Confederate States except 8
that said persons, when enrolled and liable to h
duty, If they shall wifuly refuse to obey said s.
call, each Of them shall be held to be deserter u
and punished as such, under said articles: Pro- le
vided, further, That whenever the opinion Of ia
the President the eXigencies of the public ser m
vice may require it, he shall be authorized to Il.
call into actual service the entire reserve or SO
much as may be necessary, not previously as "a
signed to different companies in service under Il
provision Of section four Of this act; said reserve
shall be organized under such rules as the Sec
retary Of War may adopt; Provided, The COM e1
pany, battalion and regimental officers shall be II
elected by the troops composing the same; Pro d
vided, The troops raised in any one State shall >
not be combined in regimental, battalion, squad c,
ron or company organization with troops raised Il
in any other States.
SEC. Z. Be it further enacted, That ali soldiers y
now serving il the army or mustered in the mill =
.ary service of the Confederate States, or en- y y
rolled in said service under the authorizations ?
heretofore issued by the Secretary Of War, and =
who are continued in the service by virtue OF
this act, who have rot received the bounty Of |"
fifty dollars allowed by existing laws, shall be \
entitled 10 receive said bounty. :,
SEC. 6. Be It further enacted That each man n
who may hereafter be mustered into service, and 8
who shall arm himself with a musket, shotgun, iT
dhe or carbine, accepted as an efficient weap-
On, shall be paid the value thereof, to be sseer
.ained by the mastering officer under such reg n
llations as may be prescribed by the Secretary n
Of War if he is willing to sell the ss-1e and if 4
be is not then he shall be entitled tceceive one II
dollar month for the use Of said received and y
approved musket, rife, shot gun, or carbine. b
SEC. 9. Be # further enacted That peEsons n
not liable for duty may be received as substi- n
utes for those who are, under such regulations cl
IS may be prescribed by the Secretary Of War. Y
SEC 10. Bo It further enacted, That all Yacan- q
les shall be filed by the President from the III
company, battalion, squadron, or regiment in Of
which such vacancies shall occur, by promotion "
70 seniority, except in cases of disa IL
,ilitv or other incompetency; Provided, how bt
,ver That the President may, when IN his opin- II
on it may be proper, fill such vacancy or va
,ancies by the promotion Of any othcer or OH
,ers, or private or privstes from such company, ca
squadron, or regiment, who shall have h
,een distinguished in the service by exhibition o
IF valor and Skill and that whenever vacancy s
hall occur in the lowest grade Of the commits kl
Loned officers of compRnY. said vacancy shall fe