Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1862-02-18

Provisions for Recruiting Companies in he
Confederate Service.

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Confederate Service.
The following important bin has been finally
passed by the Provisional Congress for the filling
up of the twelve months regiments. The pro-
visions of the act are important, as it will be
seen that they allow companies now in the Con-
federate service to fill up by recruiting, and the
companies so recruited to elect their commits
stoned officers.
An act to prouido for recruiting the companies
'aoa0 in the seroice Of the Confederate states
for taoelve months
SECTION 1. The Congress of the Confederate
States OF America do enact, That all companies
OF volunteers, now in the service Of the Con-
federate States, under enlistment for the term OF
IL months, may be recruited by enlisting, or re-
ceiving volunteers for three years, or the war; to
a number not to exceed one hundred and twen-
ty five, rank and file, and companies so recruited
shall, at the expiration of the term of service OF
the original company, elect their commissioned
officers; and vacancies thereafter occurring in
the commissioned offices of such companies,
shall be hlled by promotion of said commission
ed officers, except that vacancies in the lowest
grade Of such Offices shall be fill d by election.
SEC. z. The Colonel, or commanding officer oil
the several regiments, battalions and squadrons
enlisted for twelve months, as aforesaid may de-
tail one commissioned officer and not exceeding
two privates Of each company, to recruit for
their respective companies, and the officers and
privates so detailed shall be entitled to transpor-
tation while so engaged, and the recruits SO en-
listed shall be entitled to pay, transportation and
subsistence from the time and place Of enlist
ment, together with the sum of fifty dollars as a
bounty, upon joining their respective companies.
Sec. 8. The original volunteers, in such COM
panies, according to the terms of the act entitled
an act providing for the granting of bounty and
furloughs to privateS and non-commiSsioned Of
icers in the Provisional Army, may re-enlist in,
and form a part of, the companies to be recruit
ed as herein provided and when all the compa-
MES composing the regiment, battalion or squad
ron as aforesait, shall, by recruiting as arore-
said or by re-enlistm snt and recruiting as afore
said have attained, at the date Of the expiration
of the term of service of the original companies
| the number required by law for company, the
number and designation of such regiment, bat
talon, or squadron, may continue, or such of
said companies as are complete at that date, may
re- organize into new regiments, battalions or
squadrons, or attach themselves to other regi-
ments, battalions, or squadrons; and IN all such
cases tn. field officers shall be elected, and va
cancies thereafter occurring in such field officers
shall be filled by promotion, as directed b! the
act aforesaid.
SEC. 4. Companies organized by re-enlisted
twelve months volunteers, under the act afore-
said, may be recruited to the number of one
hundred and twenty-five in the manner prescrib-
ed in the second section Of this act.
| Sec. s. Where, at the date Of the expiration
of the term of service of the original company,
the number of recruits and enlisted men may not
amount to the minimum number required for a
company, the recruited men may combine with
recruits Of other companies in like situation, SO
as to form complete companies and in default
of sach combinations, the said recruits may be
assigned or distributed to other companies, from
| the State in which such recruits we're enlisted.
| SEC. 6. The Secretary of War shall make all
needful rules to carry into effect the foregoing
provisions.