The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1862-04-30

OF men requisite for organisation actually
enrolled, not embracing in said organiaa,
lions any persons now in service. shall be
mustered into the service Of tbe Confede.
rate States IS part Of the land forces Of
the same, TO be received in that arm Of
the service in which they are authorized
TO organize, and shall elect their compa-
ny, battalion and regimeutnl officers.
SEQ. 3. BE ii further enacted, That
for the enrolment Of all persons compre
hendsd within the provisions o! this act,
who are not already in service in the AZ
mics Of the Confederate States, it shall
be Lawful! for the President, with the con
sent Of the Governors Of tue sespec tive
States, to employ State officers, and, on
failure to obtain such consent, he shall
employ Confederate officers, charged with
the duty Of making such enrolmen, in
sccorjapcs with rules and regulations to
be prescribed By him.
SEC. 4. Be ii further enacted, That
persons enrolled under the provisions Of
tie preceding section shall be assigned
by the Secretary Of War to the differen,
companies now in service, until each COM
pany 10 Oiled to It's maximum number,
and the persons so enrolled shall be IS.
signed to companies from the States from
which they respectively come.
SEC. 8. BE 1t further enacted, That
all seameD and ordinary sesmeu in the
land forces Of the Confederate States, en-.
rolled under the provisions Of this act,
may, on application Of the Secretary of
the Navy, be transferred from the land
forces to the naval service.
SEQ. 9. Be 1t further enacted, That 10
oil cases where State may not have 10
The army = number Of regiments, b.t,aI
ions, 'qusdrons Or companies, suffieien,
10 absorb the number Of persons sutject
10 military service under this act, belong.
ing to such State, then the residue or ex.
cess thereof shall be kept as a reserve,
'nder such regulations as may be estsb
isbed by the Secretary Of War, and that
It stated periods Of not greater than
hree months, details, determined BY lot,
ball be made from said reserve, 40 that
zach company shall, As nearly as practi
:able, be kept full. Provided, Tha, the
persons held in reserve mar remain at
home un;ill called into service by the
President. Provided, also, That during
ths'r stay at home, they shall no, receive
pay. Provided further, That the persons
in this act shall not be
subject 10 the rules and articles Of war
until mustered into the actual service Of
the Confederate States except that said
persona, when enrolled and liable to
duty. il they shall wilfuIly refuse TO obey
said call, each Of them shall 10 held TO
be q dsserter, and punished as such uu
der said articles Provided further, That
whenever. ID the opinion Of the Prssidsu,.
the exis enc'es Of the public service may
require it, lie shah be authorized TO call
into actual service the entire reserve, or
so much As may be necessary, not previ-
ously assigned to different companies in
service under provision Of section four Of
this act said reserve shall be .orga ni.eI
under such rules as the Secretary OF War
may adopt: Provided, The company,
battalion and rsgimsn,al officers shall be
elected by the troops composing the
same: Provided, The troops raised in
any one State shall not be combined in
resimentsl, battalion, squadron, or com
Psny organization with troops raised 10
any other States.
SEC. 7. Be 1t turfher enacted, That all
soldiers now serving in the army or mus.
tered in the military service OF the Con
federate States, or enrolled iu said service
under the authorizations heretofore is
sued by the Secretary Of War, and who
are continued in the service by virtue Of
this act, who have not received the boun.
ty Of fifty dollars allowed by existing
laws, shall be entitled TO receive said
bounty.
SEQ. 8. Be IL fvMsr enacted, That
each man who may hereafter bs mus.
tered into the service, and who shall arm
himself with = musks', shot gun, rife or
carbine, accepted as an efficient weapon,
sball DO paid The valus thereof, TO be rs.
certsined BY the mastering officer under
such regulations as may be prescribed by
the Secretary Of War, il he is wiling to
sell the same, and il he 10 not then lie |
shall be entitled TO receive one dollar 4
month for the use Of said received and
spproyec muskst, ride, shot gun or csr.