Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-05-08
The Conscription Law.

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 SECTION I. TAe Congress- of the CoWede'att States of America do enact, That the President be, and he is hereby authorized, to call out and place in the military service of the Confederate States. for three years unless the war shall have been sooner ended, all white men who are resi- dents of the Confederate States, between the ages of eighteen and thirty-Gye 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 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 how ever. That all such companies or battahons and regiments, whose term of original enhst- ment was for twelve months, shall have the right. within forty days. on dayto be fixed by the commander of the brigade, to re,organize said companies, battalons and regiments by elect inc all their officers, which they had right here tofore to elect, who shall be commissioned by the President: Provided, further, That furloughs not exceeding sixty days, with transportation home and back, shall be granted to all those retained in the service by the provisions ot this act be- yond the period of their original enlistment, and who have heretofore not received turloughs under the provisions of an act entitled "An act providing for the granting of bounty and fur loughs to privates and non n-commissloned oh cers in the provisional army approved llth December, 1861, said furloughs to be granted at such times and in such numbers as the secretary
 No with ha h. lie interest. and Provided further, That in lieu of furlough the commutaton value in money of the transportation hereinabove granted shall be paid to each private, musician, or non-com- missioned officer who may elect to receive 1t at such time as the furlough would otherwise be granted: Provided, further, That all persons un- der the age of eighteen years, or over the age ot thirty>fye years, who are now enrolled Tn the military service of the Confederate States Tn the regiments, battalions aud companies hereafter to be organized shall be required to remain in their res pective companies, battahons and regl- ments for ninety days, unless their places can sooner be supplied by other recruits not now in the service, who are between the ages of eighteen and thirty-fve years, and all laws and parts oflaws providing for the re-enlistment of volunteers and the organization thereof into companies, suuadrons, battaIions or regiments, shall be. and the same are hereby repealed.
 SEC. :. B. 4 frthel enacted, That such com panies, sQuadrons, battaons, or regiments or vanized, or in process of organization by au- thority from the secretary ot war as may be within thirty days from the passage ot this act so far completed as to have the whole number of men requisite for organization actually enroll- ed, not embracing in said organizations any per sons now in service, shall be mustered in the
 Y 1f+ IL land forces of the same, to be received in that arm of the service in which they are authorized to organize, and shall elect tEeir company, hat talion and regimental officers.
 SEC. 3. Be H futter enacted, That for the en. rollment of all persons comprehended within the provisions of this act, who are not already in service in the armies of the Confederate States. It shall be lawful for the President, with the consent of the governors of the respective States to employ State officers, and on failure to obtain such consent, he shall employ Conied~ crate officers, charged with the duty of making such enrolment in accordance with rules and regulations to be prescribedby him.
 SEC 1. Be H turtler enaced, That persons enrolled under the provisions of the proceeding section shall be assigned by the secretary of war to the different companies now in service, until each company is filled to it's maximum number, and the persons so enrolled shall be assigned to companies from the states from which they res pectively come.
 SEC. ,. Be H funther 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.
 SEC. 6. Be H ftrtsey enacted, That in all cases where State may not have in the army num- Der of the regiments, battahons, squadrons or companies, sufficient to absorb the number ot persons subject to military service under this act belonging to such State, when the residue or excess thereof shall be kept as reserve, under such regulations as may be established by the secretary of war, and that at stated periods of not greater than three months, details, determin- ed 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 reserve may remain at home until called into service by the President. Provided, also, That during their stay at home, they shall not receive pay Provided further, That the per sons comprehended in this act shall not be subject to the rules and articles of war until mustered into actual service of the Confederate States; except that said persons, when enrolled and liable to duty, Ii they shall wilfuly refuse to obey the call, each of them shall be held to be deserter, and punished as such under said articles: Provided further, That whenever, in the opinion of the President, the exigencies of the public service may require it, he shall be authorized to call into actual service the entire reserve, or so much as may be neces- sary, not previously assigned to different compa' nies in service un2er provision ofSec 0. this act; said reserve shall be organized under such rules as the secretary of war may adopt; Provided The company, battalion OF regimental officers shall de elected by the troops composing the same; Provided, The troops raised in any one. State shall not be combined in regimental, battalion, squadron, or company organization with troops raised in any other States.
 SEC. [. Be t further enacted, That all sol diers now serving in the army or mustered in the service of the Confederate States, or enrolled in said service under tue authorizations heretofore issued by the secretary of war, and wbo are cons tinued in the service by virtue of this act who have not received the bounty of fifty dollars al lowed by existing laws, shall be entitled to re- ceive sail bounty.
 SEC. 8. Be H further enacted, That each man who may hereafter be mustered into the servce, and who shall arm himself with,a musket, shot gun, rife or carbine, accepted as an ehcien' weapon, shall be paid the value thereof, to De ascertained by the mastering officer under such regulations as may be prescribed by the secreta ry of war, if he is willing to sell the same, and if he is not, then he shall be entitled to recelve one dollar month for the of said received | .,I o,uro,,o1 ,,,okat riAa shot Uun or ear