Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-01-15
CAMP RALEIGH, ROANOKE ISLAND, N. c. !
December %, 1861. (

december 20 1901.
Mr.. EDITOR: Permit us to acknowledge through
your columns, the receipt of the following articles
for the use of our company, viz: Mrs. Col Hicks,
2 blankets, comfort 20 pair socks; Mr. A. r.
Burwell, BLANKETS, pair socks Mrs NJ. II. Hester
flannel shirts, pair socks, blankets; Mrs. John
Webb, AZ pair socks, IA pair drawers l pair gloves
Mrs. .as Cooper, 2 flannel shirts, cotton drawers
10 pair socks towels, pillows, 8 blankets; Mrs
Willis Grandy, 6 blankets; Mrs. William Daniel 3
blankets; Mrs. DIR. Clark Harris, 10 pair socks
Misses Gillian, 81 pair socks and several shirts;
Mrs. 7. d. Harris blanket, and several pair socks;
Mrs. J. Cheatham blankets ard several pair socks
We also acknowledge the receipt Of various other
articles from the ladies of Granville county, and
gret exceedingly that we are unable to give the
names of the DONORS in consequence of their failing
to mark the several packages
We will never forget the kindness of the ladies
who have so freely devoted their time and means in
endeavorng to render comfortable the condition of
our company, or fail to do our duty as soldiers.
OFFICERS co. I'd"
9Th Infantry N. c. Troops, Capt A. j. Rodgers.
REIMBURSEMENT OF TWELVE MONTHS VOL
UNTEERS.
BOUNTIEs AND BURROUGHS.
4 Bill proriding for the granting of Bounty and
furloughs to prirates and nonconneissionetI oIfi-
SECTION The Congress Of the Confederate States
of america d. enact, That bounty Of fifty dollars
be, and the same is hereby granted to all prvates,
musicians and non commissioned officers in the Pro-
vsional Army who shall continuously for three
years or for the war, to be paid at the following
times to-wit: To all now in the service for twelve
months to be paid at the time of volunteering or
listing for the next two ensuing years subsequent
to the expiration of their present term of service:
No ~, fho Gov 81,
war; to be paid at the expiration of their first years
service. 10 all who may hereafter volunteer en-
list for three years for the war; to be paid at the
time of entry into service.
Sec. 2. Aad be 1t further enacted, That furloughs
not exceeding sixty days. with transportation home
and back shall be granted to all twelve months men
now in service who SHALL prior to the expiration Of
their present term of service volunteer or enlist for
the next two ensuing years subsequent to the ex-
praton of their present term Of service or for three
years or for the war; said furloughs to be issued at
such times and in such numbers as the Secretary Of
War may deem most compatible with the public
interest; the length Of each furlough being regula
ted with reference to the distance of each volunteer
from his home: Provided, That in lieu of furlough
the Communication value in money Of the transports
ton herein above granted shall be paid to each pri
vate, musician or non-cemmissoned officer, who
may elect to receive it. at such time the furl0ugh
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 or enlist in the service of the Confed
crate States under the provisions Of the present act
Sec. 4. And be 1t further enacted That all troops
re-volunteering re.enlisting 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 battalons
regiments and elect their field officers; and after
the first election all vacancies shall be filled by pro-
motion from the company. battalion or regiment in
which such vacancies may occur: Provided, Tha,
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 filed by election: And provided further
That in the case Of troops which have been regular
y enlisted into the service of any particular Stat,
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 manne
and by the same authority us they have heretofore
been appointed and promoted. ~.
Approved by the President.