Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-01-11
RE ENLISTMENT OF TWELVE MONTHS VOL
UNTEERS
BOUNTIES AND BURROUGHS.

BoUNTIES AND BURROUGHS.
4 BIZ proUidiHg for the granting OF Bounty ana
Burroughs 10 prirateS and n0R-cOm nlisS0ntR OH
GERS in the Provisional Army.
SECTION l. The Congress Of the Confederate State
of America do enact, That a bounty of fifty dollars
be- and the same is hereby granted to all prvateS,
musicians and non-commiSSoned officers in the Pro-
visonal Army who shall continuously for three
years or for the war, to be paid at the following
times, towit: To all in the service for twelve
months to be paid at the time of volunteering or en-
listing for the next two ensuing years subsequent
to the expiration of their present term of service
To all in the service for three years. or for the
war; to be paid at the expiration Of their first years
service. To all who may hereafter volunteer
list for three years for the war, to he paid at the
time of entry into service.
Sec. 2. -4hd be ii further enacted That furloughS
not exceeding sixty days, with transportation home
and back shall be granted to all twelve months
now in service, who SHALL prior to the expiration of
their present term of service volunteer enlist for
the next two ensuing years subsequent to the ex-
praton Of their present term Of service for three
years or for the war; said furoughs to be issued at
such times and in such numbers the Secretary of
War may deem most compatible with the public
interest," the length of each furiough being regua-
ted with reference to the distance of each volunteer
from his home: Proridod, That in lieu of furlough
the Communication value in money of the Transports
vate, musician non-commissioned officer, who
may elect to receive it. at such time the furlough
itself would otherwise be granted.
Sec. 8. This shall apply to all troops who have
volunteered or enlisted for term of twelve months
or more in the service of any State, who are now
in the service of the said State, and who may here
after volunteer enlist in the service OF the Confed-
crate States under the provisions Of the present act
SEC. a. And be it further enacted That all troops
re-volunteerng or reenlisting shall, at the expira-
ton OF their present term Of service have the power
to reorganize themselves into companies and elect
their company officers, and said companies shall
have power to organize themselves into battalions
or regiments and elect their field officers; and after
the first election all vacancies shall be filed by pro-
motion from the company. battalion or regiment in
which such vacancies may occur: PrOoided, That
whenever vacancy shall occur, whether by promo
ton or otherwise, in the lowest grade of commits
stoned officers of company, said vacancy shall al
ways be filled by election: Ind prOUided further,
That in the case of troops which have been regular
ly enlisted into the service of any particular State
prior to the formation of the Confederacy and which
have by such State been turned over to the Confed
crate government, the officers shall not be elected
but appointed and promoted in the same manner
and by the same authority as they have heretofore
been appointed and promoted.
Approved by the President.