The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-12-10
OUR CONSCRIPTS COMPARED WITH
THOSE OF EUROPE

OUR. CONsCRIPTS COMPARED WITH Ii
THOSE OF EUROPE.
Recent events have famiIiarized the peo-
pie with the drafting lawsIo Of the un,led
States. 1t may be matter Of interest TO
our citizens to compare them with those of
foreign governments.
The regiments Of England are generally
hlied by recruiting, but if these means fail,
recourse Is had TO the ballot, and the
requisite number is drawn from men be-
tween seventeen and twenty five years of
ase. The time OF service is five years,
and In peace the men can be called out to
exercise for from three to fifty six days.
In t'metof war the militia is placed on the
same footing with the regular army.
The general conscriptiOn law Of France
embraces all between twenty and twenty
seven years Of age. Substitutes can be Of
Tered. The term of service is four or five
years. and fourth part Of the recruits are
held as a reserve.
In Russia no substitute can be rendered !;
but q discharge can be purchased for thou
sand rubies. Estate holders and the higher
classes enjoy exemption. Under the ban,
ners all serfs become free. Russia presents
almost all the appearance Of vast camp.
The laws.of Turkey are, in many re-
spects, similar to those Of France. The
ballot brings 25, 900 men under the banners,
each conscript order being made for spe-
cial district.
Sardinia requires universal service, froG
the twentieth year, the men being in two
classes-the ordinanza, tor eight yeors, un
interruptedly, and the priuinziaH, for six
Substitutes are allowed.
| Austria, with an army of 100000 men
of whom $4,000 are cavalry, has but little
need Of severe drafting regulations. Her
Cossacks, when $4,000 conscripts were de-
manded in 1858. marched 100 900 on Vi
.ena. Men are liable, from twenty to fifty
years Of age, to serve in the field, and to
sixty years, in domestic service.
The son Of Count performs military
duty alongside of a tailor's apprentice, in
the monarchy of Prussia. Such is the ef-
feet Of the Landwehr system. The first
levy is organized for immediate service,
and is drawn from men between thirty six
and twenty years of age. The second
levy includes those between thirty two
and thlrty-nine years.
The States OF the German Confederation
have distinct laws. Saxony requires six
years service, with the privilege Of substi-
tuition. Nassau, MeckIedburg, Shewerin
and Oldenburg are the same. The laws OF
Wertemburg render men under thirty two
years liable to serve. Electoral Hesse al
lows substitutes, and requires citizens
from twenty to thirty to take up arms.
Brunswick requires seven years service,
with two years in the reserve.
The conscrip,s in Sweden are chosen
from all those capable Of bearing arms be-
tween twenty and tweniy>fivs years of age.
The classes are five in number.
The ballot in Denmark selects those who
must serve eight years in the army, includ-
ing two years in the reserve. The first
levy includes those under thirty eight years
Of age, aud the second those under forty
live years.
HUnversal conscription is the law of Bel.
gium. The ballot is used and substitutes
are allowed. The term Of service is eight
years, of which about one. half is spent on
furlough.
The war reserve Of the Dutch is in three
levies, including all those between twenty
five and thirty-fye years OF age who are
capable Of bearing arms.
LIGHT OF A CHEERFUL FAcR.--Thefe is
no greater every day virtue than cheerful
ness. This quality 10 men, 10 like sun
shine to the day, or gentle, renewing mois-
ture to parched herbs. The light OF cheer-