The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-25
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EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER,
Columbia; S. c., July 2l, 1862.
E FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS,
adopted by the Governor and Council.
have been ordered to be published
l. Resotved, That the Army Regulations of
the Confederate States Of America be the regu-
ations for the First Corps of Reserves when
called into active service; and when the First
and Second Corpsof Reserves shall be brought
together into service, the First Corps shall be
considered as the Regulars and SO ranked; and
the Second rs the militia of the State.
q ResolVsd, That the Act of Assembly, ell
titled an Act "to reduce all Acts and clauses
Of Acts in relation to the militia of the State
into one Act, and to alter and amend the
same" passed. the 18th day of December,
A. ID. l84l, except so far as the same may
be altered and modified by subsequent Acts Of
the Legislature, Ordinances of the Convention
and resolutions of the Governor and Council
shall be the law governing the Second Corps
of Reserves
3. Resolved, That when not under orders
the First Corps of Reserves, as we'll as the
Second, shall perform patrol duty las provided
by A. A., A. d. 1861, ) under command of Off
4. Reyolved, That the First Corps of Re-
serves shall be liable to drill at such convenient
time and place, within the limits of the COM
mand, as the commanders of Regiments there
of may respectively order.
5. Resolvcd, That when on active and sep-
arate duty, and for default of drill, the COM
manders of Regiments of the First Corps of
Reserves shall have power to order courts. mar
tial for all offences committed in their com.
mands; and the commanders shall also be vest
ed with the powers of officers in command of
cncampments as provided by CXXX section of
the said Act of Assembly, A. ID. 1s41, for the
punishment of persons disturbing the cncamp-
ment.
6. RESOLVED, That all persons liable to mill
tar" duty in the First Corps of Reserves, who
shall make default when summoned for service.
shall be subject to such punishment, short of
death, as may be imposed by court-martial,
ordered by the commander of the Regiment
in which such default may he made.
Z. Resolued, That the officers now holding
commissions in the militia of this State are
continued in commission, and shall command
the Second Corps of Reserves, and also all per
sons liable to perform patrol duty within the
limits of their respective Beats, Battaons,
Regiments and Brigades; and all vacancies in
the Second Corps Of Reserves shall be filled
by clcctions-the votes to be all free white
male citizens between the ages of l6 and 65
Except those in Confederate scrvice) within
the territorial limits of the Beat Battalion or
Regiment in which such vacancy shall occur
General officers of Second Corps of Reserves
to be elected in accordance with the provisions
of the Act of Assembly, A. d. 1S4l.
g. RESOLVED, That volunteering from the
Second into the First Corps of Reserves shall
be permitted at the discretion of commanders
Of the First Corps of Reserves.
9. Resolved, That after the organization of
the First Corps of Reserves, no person liable
to duty therein shall be entitled to exemption
by reason of entering into any class which
was before that time embraced in the law of
exemptions, except ovcrseers; and all persons
other than overseers, who had at the time of
said organization exemptng causes, shall tc re-
CURED to claim their exemptions of the COM
manders of the Regiments of said Corps, who
shall determine whether such cause is under
the law, and whether the claimant is entitled
TO such exemption; that the claim for tho ex-
cmption of overseers shall be made to the Ad-
jutant and Inspcctor-General, as provided by
the Ordinance Of the Conventions and that in
all cases where the CLAIM for exemption is
made on the ground Of physical disability, the
applicant must first have the certificate Of the
Regimehtal Surgeon, approved by the COM
manding officer of the Regiment, before he
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