Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1862-05-17

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| "A Bill tohe Enuted Gan hctto YrrtAer prhside
4 for the Public Defence " " /. t,f' 4 S
l4tln view Of theexigences Of The
country and the absolute necessity
i !Iofkceping3in the service our gal
liant army, and of placing in the
/ field a large additional force to meet
1.-THE advancing columnsoftheenemy
| now invading our soil therefore,
SEcrIoNI The Congress of the
EConfederate States of America do
enact That the President be, and
The is hereby authorized, to call ont
| and place in the militia service OF
fthe Confederate States, for three
years, unless the war shall have
been sooner ended, all white men
who are residents of the Confeder-
ate States, between the ages of eigh-
teen and thirty-fve years at the
time the call or calls may be made,
who are NOT legally exempted from
military service. All ofthe persons
aforesaid, who are not now in the
armies of the Confederacy, and
whose term of service will expire
before the end of the war; shall be
continued in the service for three
years from the date of their original
enlistment, unless the war shall
have been sooner ended Provided,
however, That all such companies,
battalions and regiments, whose
term Of original enlistment was for
twelve months, Shall have the right.
within forty days, on q day to be
fixed by the commander of the brig
ade, to reorganize said companies,
battalions and regiments, by cleo
ting all their officers, which they
had right heretofore to elect. who
shall be commissioned by the Presi
dent Provided, further, That fur
loughs not exceeding sixty days,
with transportation home and hack
shall be granted to all chose retain
cd IN the service BY the provisions
ofthis act Beyond tho periodof their
original elllAtments and who have
heretotore not TscRsved iRelouehs
under tho provisions Of an act apti-
tied "4n AIT Itoyiding tor the gran
ting Of bounty ana furioughs to pri-
Yates and non-commissioned officers
in the provisional Army" approv-
cd llth December, eighteen hundred
and sixty-one, said furloughs to be
granted at such times and in such
numbers as the Secretary Of War
nay deem most compatible with tie
public interest; and Provided, fur
ther, That in lieu Of furlough the
commItation value in money of the
transportation herein above granted
shall be paid to each private, musi-
clan, or commissioned officer,
who may wish to receive it at such
time as the furlough would other
wise be granted Provided, further.
That all persons under the, age Of
eighteen years, who are now enroll
cd IN the military service OF the
Confederate States, in the regiments
battalions and companies hereafter
ITO be organized, shall be required to
remain in their respective compan-
les, battalions, and regiments for
ninety days, unless their places can
sooner be SUPP ed by other recruits
not now in the service, who are be-
tween the ages Of eighteen and thir-
ty-fve years, and all laws and parts
OF laws providing for the reinlist-
ment of LAWS providing for the re-
enlistment of volunteers and the or
ganization thereof into companies
squadrons, battalions or regiments,
shall be, and the same are hereby
repealed.
SIC, 2. Belt further enacted, That
such companies, squadrons, 0attal-
ions, or regiments organized, or in
process Of organization by authori-
ty from the Secretary Of War. as
may be within thirty days from the
passage Of this a so far completed
% , have the WHO number Of men
requisite Tor organization actually
enrolled, not embracing in said or
ganization any persons now in ser
vice. shall be mustered ito the SER
vice Of the Confederate States as
part OF the land forces ofthe same.
TO be received into that arm Of the
service in which they arc anthor-
ized to oroanizn- and snall elent thniz.