The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1862-05-07
The Conscription Act.


I. The following regulations Of the
War Department, in relation to the Act
Of Congress, known as the Conscrip,ion
Act, are published by authority for the
information of the public:
II. Enrolment and Disposition Of Re
cruits.-l. An officer not below the rank
OF Major will be detailed for each State
to take charge OF the enrolment, muster
ing in, subsistence, transportation and dis
position of the recruits raised under this
Act.
2. Application will be made immedi.
ately to the Governors Of the several
States for permission to employ State OF.
6cers for said enrolment; and in case such
permission be not granted, officers Of the
army will be selected by the department
to perform that duty under such regula
tons as may be prescribed. Where State
officers are employed, the regulations Of
the respective States. in regard to militia.
~ enrolment, will be observed rs far rs
applicable.
3. The enrolled men in each State will
be collected iu camps Of instruction BY
the officers in Command Of the recruits,
the said camps 10 be selected with refer.
eace to health and the facilities for oo
tanning subsistence and transportation
The number Of these camps shall not ex
ceed two ib each State, without aulhori
ty from the department, and to each viii
be allowed a qusrtermaster and com
missary.
4. The commahdant Of the camps O
instruction in the several States will cal
upon the Generals camnanding the Mil
.tary Departments, in which their camp
may be situated, for competent drill off
GERS to instruct the recruits, and will pre-
pare them for the field As rapidly IS po,
sibIe. They will cause them to be prompt
:ly vsccinated, and, in ordering them {,
the field, will, as far as practicable, prefe
those who have passed through the usus
camp diseases. They will establish ho.
pitfalls in connection with their camp, an
make requisition for such medical attsn
dance and stores as may be required.
8. The commandants ofregiments. bat
talions, squadrons, and unattached COT
panies in service, on the 18th instant, will
send copies Of their muster rolls to ,h'
eommaudant Of the proper camp o: in
struction in their respective States, with
officers to take charge of such recruits al
may be furnished to sale corps. The sale
.commandants will apportion the recruit
among such corps in proportion to tn
deficiency Of each, except when othetwis
specially directed by the department, al
lotting, as far as practicable, to each sue
corps the men from the regions Of cour
try in which it has been raised.. The
will, from time to time, send off such b,
dies Of recruits rs are ready for the field
axand will report on the first Monday
every "ou'h tno "u'"oe' VI fecruVs
camp, their condition, the number sci
of during the month, and the regimen
and corps to which they were sent.
8. The commandsnts Of regiments an
corps will distribute the recruits anon
theif seversl companies, and in such ,
have not the number Of companies ALLOW
cd By, law to regiment, the said con
mandants msy organize the require
number Of new companie', after 60
ing up the existing companies,
imum numbsn required BY
to say, for each company of
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