Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-11
SoRTR cARoLINA,s QUOTA OF con
FFnrR3TE TROOPS.

| The Committee on Military Affairs have
submitted to the Convention an ordinance TO
raise North Careinas quota Of Confederate
troops. The provisions of the ordinance are
! in subatance, as follows:
! TIE first section authorizes the Governor,
| during the existing war with the T. States, 10
keep in the service OF the Confederate
States force ofnot less thah % nor more -thah
so regiments of soldiers.
The second section says that the troops now
| IN service fer three wears or the war shall be
I deemed portion of said force, ana IN raising
the. remainder. the counties of their residence
! at the time of their enlistment shall have cred
| it for the
| All enlistnents are to be for two years. eE-
cept of persons heretofore in service, who will
be credited with the time they have actually
served
The Governor is to require tie commanders
of regiments. battal;ans, and independent COM
tnanies OF twelve months volunteers now IL
service to have distributed to their commands
the terms proposed By the Confederate States
and this State for reenlistment, and five
DAYS afterwards to take a list OF such officer 5
and privates as are willing to reenlist, and
Iretucn The same to the Adjutant Generals
office.
Should sufficient number of troops not be
rendered under the foregoing provisions, the
Governor is to call uf,a9a the counties to fur
nish either by volunteering or drafting, the
necessary number of troops, according to
white population. CATER crediting them with
heir troops already in service for three Eesrs
or the war, and the twelve months volunteers
who NAV reenlist under the provisions OF
this ordnance to complete their respective
quotas;
The drafts are to be made from the military
population Of the several counties bytween the
ages Of IS and IS, each Captains district beng
credited with the number it has furnished
previous thereto. The unmarried men OF eacti
county drafted are to be exhausted before the
married men are liable to the same, and any
person drafted may employ substitute II ne
desires to do so.
The 12 months volunteers who feu 10 reen-
list Will be incorporated with the 0it-Ia, and
be liable to the draft other citizens 0t tae
State, but when drafted they Will only be re-
qured to serve two years, including the time
they have keen III actual service
The Governor is authorized to organize into
companies all persons drafted and to appoint
their commissioned officers but u raOntts
volunteers reenlisting will be allowed 20 elect
their company officers. The Governor is to
appoint ali the field officers, by and with the
advice and consent OF board Of one from each
judicial district in the State, to be chosen by
the Convention.
Ministers Of the gospel Confederate States
officers, the Judges CT the Supreme and Supe
lior Courts, the Secretary of State, Conptroll-
er, Treasurer, High Shcri{Fs, employees Of
railroad companies telegraph operators, stage
drivers, mail carriers, and one -practcing phy
sician to every thou~2ud Of the population, are
to be exempt from the draft
The above are the main features Of the ordi-
nance, and to our mind it seems about fair
as any plan that can be devised Should ii
pass we will publish the ordinance entire
Rat Reg.
The Clerk Of this county has just ordered
an extensive supply Of mariageliscs n from this
Office, no doubt III anticipation of tne passage
of the above ordnance Bachelors viii DO
their locelieSt now to get wives.