Washington telegraph., 1862-05-07
The Co. script Act.

a BILL % be emitted : An Act 10 Further pro-
vide for the Public Defence"
Il view Of the e1ircnces of tile country. AMI
the absolute necessity Of keeping in the SER
vice our gallant array, ami of placing in the
field a large additional force to meet the ad-
vanciHs columns of the enemy now invading
our soil; therefore.
SECTION |. Tic Congress of he Confederate
S.gtes of Imeriea 7, enact, That the President
b-. ant hc j. hereby authorized to call out and
place in the military service OF the Coufe lerate
States, fJr three years. ulless the war shall
have been s5Uncr ended, al white men Who are
residents Of the Confederate States between
the ages Of Is at 4 81 years at the time the
call or O. II may br made, who are n0t legally
exempted from military service. All of the
persons aforesaid who not now in tie ar
snies Of the COIfeleracy, aud whose term of
service will expire before the enl Of the war,
shsll be continued il the service for three
years from tie date vi their original enlistment
unless the war shall have been sooc or ended
Provided, however. that al such companies,
bIttaliJIis AMI ~ EIulcnts, whose term Ci Orgi-
nal enlistment wa Iur twelve months, shall
have thc ri..lt within :,.rty DAYS On day 20
bg nxel bin fIc cIminlHicr uf iIe brigade. 10
r,ur.au.se iii cD.aPa aIic-, battlions ami rcgi-
mcnts, hy cltstns ail their officers. which
the HId Z rgr. Icrtt0tars I, elect, vino shall
br commissioned br iic President: Provided.
further. That iurlDI-hs not exceeding sixty
days, with transportation home anl back, shall
bc granted IL II Hose retained il the Service
MI. tic provisions nf ihis act beyond the period
W. their original ia is;neuts, AMI who have
heretofore uY; received fGrlouehs under the
provisions Uf an .cr eatiti- l, :. Al act pruvd-
ing for the rl't.n5 vi blunty anl furlou -ls
a. privttes AMI n"n Commissioned officers in
tic Provisional! AriHy,' approved / TIA Deem
Der, 1867. sai!l iu'Ipdghs ID be granted at such
tines ail n such HG:nbcrs a. the Secretary of
WAR may deem mv-t compatible with tie plb.
lie interest: Arl, pr3vII;i a further. That in
lieu Of Iurivugn the Communication value in
npGcy q thc transportation herein above
granted slll be paid to each private, musician,
ar noa-c mElissloncd officer who may elect TO
receive ii nj such time as the furlough would
otherwise be granted: Provided. further. That
lll persons under the age of Is years. or over
thc age Of - years, who are now enrolled in
thc military scrvice or the Confederate States,
ia the regiments. b.ttaliUns aud companies
hereafter ID We organized, shall be required TO
remain ia Their respective companies, batta-
lions anu regiments TOR ninety days. unless
their places can 80 oner be supplied by other
recruits not nDR III the service who are between
the ages of Is AMI 81 year, and all laws and
parts Of laws providing for the enlistment
OI volunteers : al the organic Itlon thereof In 70
companies, sllalrJns, battgliols or regimeats,
shall be, and the same are hereby repealed.
SEC. :. BE IL further enacted. That such com
panics, squadrons batialiOns regiment,
organized, or in process Of organization. by
authority from the Secretary of War. as may
be within thirty days from the passage Of this
act 50 far completed as to have the nun ber of
men requisite for organization actually y enroll
ed, not embracing in said organizations any
persons now in service, shall be mustered into
the service of the Confederate States as part
of the land forces Of the same, to be rec lived
in that arm Of the service in which they are
authorized to organize, and shall elect their
company, battalion and regimental officers
SEC. .. Be n(urther enacted, That for the en-
rollment of all persons comprehended with 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 tine
consent of the Governors Of the respective
States, to employ State officers, and, on failure
to obtain such consent, he shall employ Con-
federate officers, charged with the duty of
making such enrolment in accordance with