The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-09-25
The Military Drafting Law.

10 VHe VI the most important acts OF the
late session of Congress. A brief ab
stract of its provisions will be interest
ing:
The first section provides that when
ever the President shall call forth the
militia of the States, he may specify in
bis call the period for which such ser
vice will be required, not exceeding nine
months; and the militia so mustered in
shall serve for the time specified, unless
sooner discharged. IT, by reason Of
defects in existing laws, or in the execu.
ton Of thom in the States, or any of
them, it shall be found necessary to
provide for enrolling the militia, the
President is authorized to make all ne
cessary regulations, and the enrolment
shall in all cases include all able bodied
men between the a5es Of eighteen and
forty FIVE, and shall he npportioned d
among the States according to popula-
ton, and when so enrolled they shal
he organized after the mode prescribed
for vol untcers.
The second section authorizes the
President to call one hundr, d thous m
volunteers as inf,ntry into the field, in
addition to the number already uuthori
zcd by law, for period Of nine months
unless sooner di charged; and every sol
! dicr who shall enlist under it shall re
ceive his first months pay in advance
and also twenty Eve dollars as a bounty
upon the mastering Of his company or
regiment into the service. And all pro
visions Of the law relating to volunteers
enlisted in the service Of the UniteC
States for three years or during the war
except in relation to bounty, shall b,
extended to embrace tho volunteer.
raised under the provisions of this sec
ton.
The third section authorizes the Pres
ident to accept such number of vol
unteers as may be required for filling
up the regiments Of infantry now in the
service, for twelve months, unless soon.
cr discharged All volunteers, wher
mustered into service. shall be on
footing with similar troops, except as tC
bounty, which shall be fifty dollars, one
half of which is to be paid upon join
ing their regiments, and the other hal
at the expiration of the term of enlist,
ment. .
Section fourth authorizes the appoint
mentof ajudgo advocate general, with
the pay of colonel of cavalry, to whose
Office all proceedings in court martial
shall be returned. and no sentence of
death or Imprisonment in the penten
tiary shall be carried out without
the approval Of the President.
Sections five and six authorize judge
advocate for each army, and section sew
en- requires all battalion officers, qusr
termastors, and adjntants of cavalry au =.
tboriSed by law, and now in service, to
be mustered out of service.
Section eight authorizes the President
to establish and organize the army at
his discretion, and section nine regu.
Iates the stats Of commanders of army
corps, as follows: One assistant adiu
tant general, one quartermaster, one
commissary, and one assistan Mt inspector
general, with the rank of lieutenant
colonel, and three aids. de-camp.
Section ten regulates the number of
officers of cavalry regiments.
Section eleven authorizas the Presi
dent to receive into tho service, for the
purpose Of constructing intrench ments
and performing camp service or any
other labor, or any military or naval
service for which they may be found
competent, persons of African descent,
and such persons shall be enrolled and
organized under such regulations, not
inconsistent with the Constitution
aud tho laws, as the President may pre-
scribe. ..
Section twelve enacts that whenever
any man or boy of African descent, who,
by the laws of any State, shall owe ser
vice or labor to any person who, during
the present rebellion, has levied war or
borne arms against the Government, or
adhered to its enemies, and shall render
any such service as enumerated in this
section, he, his wife, and children, shall
forever be free, any law or custom to
the contrary notwithstanding, And
where such person or persons owe ser.
vice to loyal masters, provision is made
for compensation.
The terrible results o. using liquor
were exhibited in Mill Greek, noar Erie
Pa, on Thursday. Daniel Crimmens,
an Irishman, while intoxicated beat his
wife to death with stove poker aud
was committed to Jail for the murder
Mrs. G. was respectable woman, and so
devoted to her husband and family Of