The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-02
The Conservation Act.

The following regulations Of the War Depart
meat, in relation to the Act Of Congess known
as the CONSUMPTION Act are published by authori.
ty, for the information CO the public:
I-ESRoLLEEST AsD DISPOSITION OF RECRUITS.
! !. An officer not below the rank Of Major will
be detailed fer each State 10 take charge Of the
enrolment mastering in, subsistence, transporta-
ton, and disposition Of the recruits raised under
this act
2. Application will be made Immediately to the
Governors Of the several States for permission to
employ State officers for said enrolment and in
case such permission is not granted officers Of the
army will be selected by the Department TO per-
form that duty, under such regulations as may be
prescribed. Where State officers are employed.
the regulations Of the respective States in regard
to military enrolment will be observed, as far as
applicable
3. The enrolled men ia each State will be col
iectcd in camps Of instruction by the officers in
command of the recruits, the said camps TO be Sc
ected with reference to health, and the facilities
for obtaining subsistence and transportation. The
number of these camps shall not exceed two in
each State, without authority from the depart.
ment' and to each will be allowed a quartermas-
ter and commissary.
a. The commRndants Of the camps OF instruc-
ton in the Several States will call upon the Gen
erals commanding the military departments in
which their camps may be situated, for competent
drill officers to instruct the recruits, and will pre-
pare them for the field as rapidly as possible
They will cause them to be promptly vaccinaled.
and in ordering them to the field will. as far as
practicable, prefer those who have passed through
the usual camp diseases. They will establish
hospitals in connection with their camps. and
make requisition for such medical attendance and
stores as may be required.
B. The commandants Of regiments, battalions
squadrons, In service on the 10th inst win send
espies Of their muster rolls 10 the commaudant OF
que proper camp Of instruction in their respective
States, with officers to take charge of such re-
cruits as may be furnished 10 said corps. The
said commandants will apportion the recruits
among such corps in proportion to the deficiency
of each, except when otherwise specially directed
by the department, allottng as far as practicable,
to each such corps the men from the regions of
country in which II has been raised. They will,
from time TO time. send off such bodies of recruits
rs are ready for the field, and viii report on the
first Monday Of every month the number Of re-
crnits in camp. heir condition, the rumber sent
off during the month, and the regiments and
corps to which they were sent
6. The commanlants Of regiments and corps
viii distribute the recruits among their several
companies, and in such as haven the number Of
companies allowed by law 10 a regiment the said
commandants may organize the required number
of new companies, after first filling up the exist
ing companies to the minimum numbers required
by law-that is to say, for each company Of in
fautry, 6l privates; of cavalry, 60 privates; of
artillery, 70 pryates
I. The recruits will be apportioned among the
several arms of service according to their re-
spective wants, consulting as far as practicable
thn rrocar of bo Wboro ,t,r ,,,,,,
her offer for particular arm than can be assign
ed to it, the distribution will he determined by lot;
hut recruits for the cavalry will only be taken
from those who furnish their own horses.
U.-voLUNTEERs FOR ENLIsTING CORPS.
s. Persons liable to military service under the
above act, not in service the 10th of April,
and wishing to volunteer in any particular com
pany in the Confederate service on the 10th day
of April, may report themselves prior to their en-
roment at camp of instruction within their
respective States, where they will be enrolled,
prepared for the field, and sent to said company
until the same shall be filled up.
3. Recruiting officers may be detailed, with the
permission of the Generals commanding military
departments, by the commandments of regiments
and corps and sent to their respective States for
the purpose of receiving for su,h regiments and
corps, in conformity with recruiting regulations
heretofore adopted, General Order No. g. voun l
teers desiring to join them. Such volunteers may
bo assembled at the camps of instruction in their
respective States, prepared for the field and sent
to their respective regiments and corps until the
same shall be filled up; or, if ready for the field,
may be ordered directly to their corps by the
officer so recruiting them.
in.-voLUNrEER CORPS HERETOFORE AUTHORIZED.
10. Persons liable to military service under this
act, and not in service on the 10th day of April,
may, until the 18th day of May next, volunteer
in corps heretofore authorized to be raised by the
Secretary of War, or by the Executive of any
State, as part of the quota thereof in pursuance
of a call made upon such States by the President.
Persons authorized to raise such corps who may
not on that day have the necessary number of
men enlisted and mustered into service according
to the terms of their authority, win proceed with
their men to a camp of instruction in their re-
spective States and will deliver their muster rolls
to the commandment thereof.
II. The commandants of such corps as are
completed on or before the 9TH day of May, and
not otherwise ordered, will report to the com
mandants of the recruits of their respective States
and with their corps will be placed by him in
camp Of instruction, and reported Immediately to
the department. Such corps will be under the
command of the commandments of recruits in their
respective ClhlcS, anu VIII Dt pItpuItu
in like manner with the recruits, until removed
from the camp. They will only be moved under
orders from tho department. from the Command
ing General of the army, or in urgent cases, from
the Commanding General of the military depart
ment in which the camps may be situated; and in
such cases report will Immediately be made to the
department by the officer in command of the
camp.
IT. Coppg-CTFuITTA SERVICE.
II. Under the prohibition of this act against
the organization of new corps no further authori
ty for that purpose can be given, except that
specially provided for in the act Of Congress cni
tiled "An Act to organize bands of Partisan Ran
gers" For this latter purpose applications must
be made through the Commanding Generals of
the military departments in which the said corps
are to be employed.
w. RroReNrzArIov OF TWELVE MONTHS CORPS.
10. All regiments, battalons, s1uadrons, and
companies of twelve months volunteers will re-
organize within forty days from tho 9th of April,
by clccting all their officers which they had a
right heretofore to elect, and such days as the
brigade commander may prescribe, and the said
brigade commanders are hereby ordered to fix
and announce the day for such reorganization as
soon as practicable. No person who is to he dis
charged under tho provisions Of this act will
take part in such election.
II. The form Of holding and certifying the
elections will be in conformity with the laws Of
the State from which the men. or the major part
thereof, may .ome and when the election Of field
officers is to be made by company officers the
h,tcr will he lrs elected All certificates Of
election VI n be returned 10 the Adiuant- Generals
o.i-c. aud the officers will be commissioned by
the President. They WILL however, on receiving
copy Of the certificate of election Immediately
enter upon duty. officers not reelected will be
relieved from duty, and the brigade commander
will return their names to the Department.
vL-ooprs RAISED ron LOCAL DEFEScE'
Il. Corps raised for local defence will retain
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