Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-06-05
General Orders. No. 2.
HEADQUARTERS TRANs- MISSISSIPPI DIsTRCT;l
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L.ttLe hDCK, hTh., uHC -u' AOO-' I. Separate military organizations cannot exist in the same jurisdiction without causing com usioh and provoking dissensions. Therefore, the State authorities consenting, there will hereafter De no State forces within this district. additional fofce of mounted men will be received, unless raised under special authority from the Major, General commanding, or organized with hlS approFal'
 II. All white male persons, between the ages oi eighteen and thrtv-fye years, who may reslue' or be at this date within the limits of the state oI Arkansas, must enroll themselves as members oi volunteer infantry companies, for the Confeaerate service, for the term of during the war, on or pe fore the Doth day of this month.
 III. Each infantry company must consist oI hot less than one hundred nor more than one hunared and twentv-fve rank and file: PrOD'ded, That where the company or companies in any county are full fractional numbers of men thereln, embraced wi hin this order, must be attached, for the Une being, to such company or companies ". Companies formed before the 2Oth day or this month may elect their own officers; but such election will be annGled, and officers appolhteu; unless the Captain or one of the Lieutenants snail report in person, at these Head Quarters, with correct list of the na es and residences ot the members of the company, on or before the ~oth day of this mOnth
 V. All persons, embraced within this order, who shall fail to enroll themselves, as members of an infantry company, or before the 2uth day ol tiS month, 70 V ho shall, at any time before that day, manifest aa. 4p jenon to evade the requlremepts of this order by conceaing themselves, or rdepartlng' or attempting to depart, from the county Tn "hlcn | they now ara or from the State-must be ehroii9o as conscrirts and held as such, by the Captalp or ! member of any sucE company, or by any Conieder- ate or State officer.
 VI Any member of an infantry company, whether voluntarily enrolled or taken as con script, who shall absent himself from the county | in which he was enrolled, without leave, i'll wntlng, | I,.,tl i,n vv1Ad Joe n and punished as such, under the rules and articles | of war Captains must not grant leaves tor lon ger period than five days, without special authority | from these Head Quarters. VII. Infantry companies formed under this or der will be organized into regiments or battailohS' by persons hereafter to be designated Tor that pur pose
 VIII The field and staff officers of all infantry recinents and battalions organized under thls OIs dqr will be apDointed Vacancies in company offices 1iu be filled in like manner. Inefficient officers o All grades whether elected or appointed, will be slmmarily dismissed from the service, or reducei to the ranks, at the option of the Major-Generai | commanding, anu merltCrouS so4ueIS PIOHoU0U Ill | their stead.
 TX. Persons not within the ages of conscrption, who have hereto fore enrolled themselves, under the Iate proclamation of Gov. Rcctor,wi be discharged upon application, forwarded by their commanding off CTS.
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 XI. Enrolling officers, heretofore appointed, will continue to exercise their functions as such, and are charged with the duty ofaidlng in the due exc | cution of this order
 XII. The following persons are, by law, exempt from conscription:
 lst Officers or enlisted men of the Confederate service; but employees o. departments, who have not been sworn ill as officers soldiers, are not eX- empt.
 2nd. Judicial and executive officers of the State or Confederate government
 3d. Members of the Confederate Congress, and Of the State Legislatures, and their respective officers.
 4th Clerks of Confederate or State officers, al lowed by law.
 5th. Persons actually engaged in carrying the mails.
 9th. One ferryman at each ferry on every post routc
 7th Pilots and persons in the marine service Of the Confederate States, and those n actual service on river and railroad routes ot transportation.
 Sth. Persons actually engaged in working iron mnes furnaces and foundres.
 9th. Journcyman printers, actually engaged ln printing newspapers.
 10th. Presidents of Colleges and Academies, and teachers having many as twenty pupils ! llth. Ministers of religion. in the regular dis. ! charcn of their minis stera duties.
 Ilth. Teio.raphic operators, actually employed as such.
 18th. Supernendents of public hospitals and lunaac a-ylums and the regular nurses and attend ants therein; and the teachers employed in nstltu- ti0ns for the deaf and dumb, and the blind.
 l4lh. In each apothecary store, one apothecary in good standing. who s practical druggist.
 18th. Where application is made, accompanied bv reliable testimony as to the tacts the Major General commanding will exempt persons actually ! engaged in the manufacture of wool, cotton, arms, DON der, salt leather brcadstuifs, and army clothing 1 or cGui1mcnts, and Oyerseers upon plantations owned by widows minors, by officers or soldiers in the Confederate service, when there is other white male person on such plantation capable of managing the same; Pyoc,ded, such plantations have been planted u grain and not more cotton than the law allows.
 10th. Persons hysically disabled for serviesac- corIng to the army regulations Pr0rided, that when any person shall claim exemption on that ground, practicing physician, in good standing, whose character such shall he certified to by the clerk of the proper county under his stal of office shall certify to the fact Of such disability and such certificate shll be verified by the oath of the phy c,can giving it. Persons claiming exemption be- cause of physical disability, shall De examined by the physician in the presence of the proper enroll ing officer, to whom the certificate Of disability shall be delivered.
 The proper enrolling officer will, when satisfied that any person is exempt from c0uscription, as above, give him certificate of the fact, setting forth the grounds of exemption, etc.
 By order of MAJ. GEN. HINDMAN.
 k. (. NEWTON, A. A. Genl.