The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1862-08-09

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that arm OF the service into which they
are authorized to organize, and shall
elect their company, battalion and reg
mental officers.
Sec 3, BE II further enacted, That for
the enrolment OF all persons compre-
hended within the provisions OF this
act who are not already in service in
the armies OF the Confederate States, II
shall be lawful for the President, with
the consent OF the Governors OF the
States to employ State officers, and on
failure to obtain such consent, he shall
employ Confederate officers charged
with the duty OF making such enroll
ments in accordance with the rules and
regulations to be prescribed by law.
Sec 4. BE 1t further enacted. That
persons enrolled under the provisions OF
the preceding section shall be assigned
by the Secretary of War to the different
companies now in service until each
company is filled to its maximum num-
Der, and the persons so enrolled shall
be assigned to companies from the
states from which they respectively
come.
Sec. 8. Be 1t further enacted, That all
seamen and ordinary seamen in the
Confederate States, enrolled under the
provisions Of this act may on applica-
ton Of the Secretary Of the Navy, be
transferred from the land forces to the
naval service.
Sec. 6, BE it further enacted That in
all cases where State may not have
in the army number Of regiments,
battalions, squadrons or companies suf-
icient to absorb the number of persons
subject to military service under this
act blonging to such States then the
resideu or excess thereof shall be kept
as a reserve, under such regulations as
may be estaonshed by the Secretary or
War, and that at stated periods of not
greater than three months details. de-
termined by lot, shall be made from
said reserve, so that each company, as
nearly as practicable, be kept full.
Provided, That the persons held in re-
serve 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 persons comprehended
in this act shall not be spbjsdt tt6 the
rules and articles ofswar until mustered
into the active service of Confederate
States; except that said persons when
enrolled and liable to duty, in case they
shall wilfully refuse to obey said call,
each Of them shall be held to be de-
serter and punished as such under said
articles. Provided, further, That when
evr, in the opinion Of the President, the
exigencies Of the public service may re-
quire 1t, he shall be authorized to call
into active service the entire reserve, or
so much as may be necessary; not prev
iously assigned to different companies
in service under provision Of section
four of this act; said reserve shall be
under such rules as the Sec
rotary Of War may adopt. Provided,
The company, battalion and regimental
officers shall be elected by the troops
the same. Provided, The
troops raised in any one State shall not
be combined in regimentad, battalion,
squadron or company organizations
with troops raised in any other States
Sec. Z. Be it further enacted That all
soldiers now serving in the army or
in the military service Of the
Confederate States, or enrolled in said
service under the authorizations here