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4 BILL TO be Entitled An Act to Further Provide
the Pubic Defense"

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BILL TO hc Entitled An Act to Further Provide f,i
! The Pubic Defense"
| In view of the exigel lcies of the country and
liant army. and Of placing the field large sdditions
force meet the advancing columns Of the enemy now
! invading our soil therefore,
SECTION J. The Congress Of the Confederate State.
Of America do enact That the President be- and he Il
hereby authorized to call out and place in the militia
service Of the Confederate States for three years unless
residents Of the Confederate States between the age
Of eighteen and thrvve years the time the call OF
calls may be made, who are not legally exempted from
nlllthy service All OF the persons aforesaid who
not now in the armies Of the Confederacy and whose
term Of service will expire before the end of the war
shall be continued in the service for three wears from the
date Of their original enlistment unless the war shall
have been sooner ended: Provided however That all
such companies battalons and regiments whose term
OF original enlistment was for twelve months shall have
the right within forty days on day to be fixed by the
commander of the brigade reor-Uza said r1Tluarfa
oattalio and regiments by electiug all their officers
Whlch they mad a right heretofore to elect who
| shall be Commissioned by the President: Provided
further That furOughs not exceeding sixty davs with
transportation home and back, shall be granted TO all
act beyond the period Of their original euisteurg and
who have heretofore not received furoughs under the
provisions OF act entitled An act providing for
the granting OF bounty and furloughs privates and
nCn-cOmmissi0ned officers in the provisional arnv an
proved lth December eighteen hundred and sixtyOue
SAID fuFougs to be granted 81 such times and in such
numbers the Secretary of War may deem most com
pstOle with the public Interest," and provided further
That in leu Of a furough the Communication value in
money Of the transportation herein above granted shall
be paid to each private musician non-commissoned
officer who may wish 10 receive it such time as the
furlOugh would otherwise be granted. provided further
mat all persons under the age Of eighteen years, who
are now enrolled 10 the military service Of the Conf-d-
crate States, in the gimcn bataiOns and companies
hereafter 10 De organized shall be required remain in
their respective companies bgttaons and regiments for
ninety days unless their places can sooner be suppIed
by other recruits not now in the service who are between
Of air and g. .TFI-
and parts OF law providing for the reenlstment vol
unteers and the organization thereof into companies.
squsdronsS battaions or regiments shall be- and the
same are hereby repealed
SEC. ? BE it further enacted, That such companies
squadrons battaOns regiments, organized or in pro
Of organization by authority the Secretary of
War, may be within thirty days from the passage Of
this act far completed have the whole number Of
men requisite for organization actually enrolled not
0racing in said organization any persons n service
Of the Confederate States part Of the land forces Of
the same, 20 be received into that Of the service in
which they authorized 10 organize and shall elect
tbeir company, battalion and reRmentsl officers
SEC. 3 Be il further enacted That for the enrolment
of all persons compreheuded within the provisions Of
this act who already in service in the armies of
the Conf derate States shall be lawful for the Pres-
dent with the Of the governors respect
i've States to employ State officers and failure OF
tain such consent he shall employ Confederate officers,
charged with the duty Of making such enrolment ia
him.
SEC L. BE it further enacted That persons enrolled
assigned by Secretary War TO the different com
psuiss ia service until each company filled its
maximum Number, and the persons so enrolled shall be
assigned to companies from the States from which they
respectively come.
SEC 8 Be it further enacted. That all seamen and
ordinary in the land forces Of the Confederate
States enrolled under the provisions Of this act may on
application Of the Secretary of tn. Navy be transferred
from the land forces TO the naval forces
SEC. 8. Be Il further enacted, That in all where
State may not have in the army a number Of regt-
mens bstt8lons, squadrons, companies sufficient
absorb the number Of persons subject TO military service
under this belonging to such State then the residue
or excess thereof shall be kept as reserve under such
regulations may be established by the Secretary Of
War and that at stated periods of greater than three
months details determined by lot, shall be made from
said reserve, that each company shall nearly as
practicable, be kept full: provided That the persons
held in may remain at home until called into
service by the President provided also, That during
their stay home they shall receive pay: provided
further That the persons comprehendei in this act shall
be subject the rules and articles Of until mus
tered ino the actual service Of the Confederate States
except that said persons when enrolled and liable TO
duty If they shall wifuly refuse 70 obey raid call each
of them shall b. held to be desersr and punished as
such under said articles: provided, iuriher, ihat Whe
ever in the opinion Of the President the eXgences OF
the public service may require it. he shall be authorized
to call into actual service the entire much
as may be necessary previously assigned 70 different
paue8 in service under provision Of section four Of
this act said reserve shall be organized under such rules
a. the Secretary Of War may adopt provided The
company, battalion and regimenta officers shall be
elected by the troops composing the same provided,
The troops raised in any State shall not be combined
In regmental battalion, squadron or company orBRni-
/ zstion with troops raised in any other States.
SEC T. Be It further enacted, That all 's2diers nsw
serving in the army mustered in the military service
Of the Confederate States enrolled in said service
the authorizations heretofore issued by the Secre
tsry Of War and who continued in the service by
virtue Of this act who have not received the bounty Of
fifty dollars allowed by existing laws, shall be entitled
to receive said bounty.
SEC e. Be It further enacted That each who may
hereafter be mustered into the service and who shall
will
accepted efficient weapon, shall be paid The value
thereof TO be asceraiHed by the mastering officer under
such regulations may b. prescribed by the Secretary
Of War, he is willing tn sell the same and if he il not
then he shall be entitled to receive one dollar month
for the Of said received and approved muskel rifle
shot gun carbine.
SIC Be it further enacted That persons not liable
for duty may he received substitutes for those who
are, under such regulations may be prescribed by the
Secretary of War.
&c. To- Be it further enacted, That all vacancies
shall be filed by the President from the company, bat
talon, squadron regiment, in which such vacancies
shall occur by promotion according to seniority except
in Of disability incOmpeteucy; Provided, how
ever that the President may, when in his opinion may
be proper, NIL such vacancy or vacancies by the promo
ton OF any officer officers, private prvates from
such company, battalion, squadron or regiment, who
shall have been distinguished in she tervice by exhibition
Of skill, and that whenever vacancy shall occur in the
lowest grade OF commissioned officers Of a company
said vacancy shall be filled By election Provided that
all appointments made by the President shall be by and
with the advice and consent Of the Senate.
SEC. II. Be it further enacted That the provisions Of
the first section Of this act relating the election Of
officers, shall apply to 10 those regiments battalOns and
squadrOus which composed Of twelve months and
war companies combined In the same orggnzaiOn with
out regard TO the which the officers h reOf
were originally appointed
SEC T. BE il further enacted, That each company Of
infantry shall consist Of hundred and twenty five
rank and file; each company Of field artillery Of one
hundred and fifty rank and file and each Of cavalry Of
eighty rank and file.
SEC 10. Be it further enacted That all persons sub
isct enrolment who in the service under the
provisions OF this act shall be permitted previous
such enrolment TO volunteer in companies now in the