Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-27
TIE CONsCRrPTIoN BILL.
.Fs .FcI 10 Further Esrorfs'e fer fHc F'E5-
lie EPeFrusc.

therefore,
The Congress of the Confederate States c
| America DO enact, That the President be, aud b
is hereby, authorized TO call out and place in th
military service of the Confederate States, 70
! three years, unless the war shall have been soon
er ended, all white men who are residents OF tn
/ Confederate States, between the ages CT eieh
teen and ihirty-ivc years al the time the call o
/ C llls may be made who are not legally exemp.
ed liom military servics. All OF the persons
aforesaid who are now IN the armies Of the Con
1 federacy. and whose term Of service Will e&p.r
/ before the end of the war, shall be continued il
the service for three years from the date OF thel
/ origi al enlistment, unless the war shall hav
been sooner ended: Provided, however, That al
such companies, squadrons, battalions and regi
menis, " hose term Of original enlistment wa!
Tor twelve months, shall have the right, within
forty days on a day to be fixed by the command
eT OF the brigade 10 re-CTgauiZs said companies
bstta ions aud regiments, by electiug all theiI
officers, which they hsd q right heretofore tc
elect who shall be commissioned by the Presl
dent Provided, further, That fuTloughs not eN-
ceed ng sixty d1ys, with transportation home
aud back, shall be Eraated 10 81 those retained
in the service by the prOyiSi0as oi tEis act be-
You'd the period OF their original enlistment
and who have not heretofore received furlOughS
under the provisions of an act entitled, An act
providing for the granting of bounty and fur
l0Ughs 10 privGtes and nOn-cJmmlSslOued OfdcerS
in the provisional army, approved lin Deeem-
Der, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, said iuT-
loughs to be granted at such times and IN such
numbers as The Secretary Of War may deem
most compatible with the public interest; and
provided, further, That IN Ecu of furlough the
mu.atioIrYalue in money of the transPOrta-
ton herein above granted, shall be paid to each
private, musician or nOu-cOmmisSlOned CHIC 'r
who may elect to receive it, ct such time as the
furlOugh would otherwise be granted Provided
further That all persons under the sge OF elgh-
teen years or over 3hs age OF thirty-tge years,
who are now enrolled in the military service Of
the Confederate States in the r gjments, squad
rons, battalions ana companies hereafter to be
re-orgauizsd, shall be required 10 remain in their
respective companies, sgusdrOns, 5attsliOns and
regiments for ninety days, unless their places
can be sooner supplied by other recruits not now
in the service, who are between the ages OF
eighteen and thirty i've years, and all laws pro-
Yiding for the Te-sLliStment Of volunteers and
the Organizations thereof into companies, squad
TOus battalions or regiments, shall be, and tie
same is hereby, repeated.
sac. ,. Be it further enacted, That such com
pauies, squadTons, bsttslons or regiments or
ganiZsd, or in process of organization by au-
thority from the Secretary Of War, as may be
within thirty days from the passage Of this act,
so lar completed as to have the whole number Of
men requisite for organization actually enrolled,
not embracing in said ,rgsnizstous any per-
sons now in service, shall be mustered into the
service of the Confederate States as part Of the
land forces of toe same, TO be received in that
arm of tie service in which they are authorized
TO organize, and shall elect their company, bat
talon and regimental Cfi 3ers.
SEC. ,. Bsit further enacted, That for the en-
rollmeut OF all persons compTeheuded within the
provisions Of this get, who are not already IN
service in the armies of the Confederate Safes
it shall be lawful for the President with the con-
sent Cf the governors Of the respective States,
to employ State officers, and on failure to obtain
such consent, he shall employ Confederate Chi-
Gers, charged with the duty OF making such En-
rollmant in accordance with rules and regula-
tons to be prescribed by him.
SIC {. BE it further enacted, That persons
enrolled under the provisions Of the preceding
section shall be assigned by the Secretary Of
War to The different companies now in the service,
until each company Is 6lei to its maximum
number, and the persons so enrolled shall be
assigned to companies from the States from which
they respectively come.
SEC ;. Be It further enacted, That sll seamen
and ordinary seamen in the land forces of the
of this act, may on application of the Sec etary
Of tie Navy, be transferred from the land forces
10 the naval service.
SIC. 6. Be It further enacted, That in all cas~s
where q State may not have ia the army g num-
Der Of regiments, baita ions, squadrons or com
psHies sufficient 10 absorb the number OF persons
subject to military service under this act, belong
ing 20 such S.ste, then the residue OF excess
thereof shall be kept as a reserve, under such
regulations as may be established by the Secre-
taTy Of Wax and that at stated periods Of not
greater than three months details, determined
by lot, shall be m-de from said reserve, SO that
each company shall, as nearly IS practicable, be
kept full: Provided, That the persons held in
reserve may remain at home until called into
service by the President: Provided, also, That
during their stay at home they shall not receive
pay Provided, further, That the persons com
pretended in this act shall not be subject TO the
rules and articles Of war until mustered into the
actual service Of the Confederate States; except
that said persons, when enrolled and liable to
duty, if they shall wilfully refuse to obey ssid
call each of them shall be held to be a deseTter,
and punished as such, under said articles : Pro-
yide3, further, That whenever, IN the opinion Of
the President, the exigencies of the public ser
vice may require it, be shall be authorized to
call irtO actual service the entire reserve, or so
ltull Gb may DE AtCATcetal nyt prov lONDly as
signed to different companies IN service under
provision of section four of this act; said reserve
shall be organized under such rules as the See
retary of War may adopt Provided, The COM
pany, battalion and Tegimental officers shall be
elected by the troops composing the same Pro-
vided, The troops raised in any one State shall
not be combined in regimeutal, battalion, squad
rcn or company organization with troops raised
in any other States.
SEC !. Be it further enacted That all soldiers
now serving in the army OF mustered in the mill
tary service Of the Confederate States, or en-
rolled in said service under the authorizations
heretofore issued by the Secretary Of War, and
who are continued in the service by virtue Of
this act, who have rot received the bounty Of
City dollars allowed by existing laws, shall be
entitled to receive said bounty.
SEC 8 Be It further enacted, That each man
who may hereafter be mustered into service, and
who shall arm himself with a mUsket, shotgun,
rife, or oarbine, accepted as an efficient weap-
on, shall be paid the value thereof, to be asceT-
tsiued by the mastering officer under such reg
ulstions as may be prescribed by the Secretary
of War, if lac Is willing to lell the same, and if
he is not. then be shall be entitled to receive one
dollar a month for the use Of said received and
approved musket, ride, shotgun, or eaIbine.
SEC. .. Be it further enacted, That persons
not liable for duty may be received IS substi-
tutes for those who are, under such regulations
as may be prescribed by the Secretary Of War.
SEC 10. Be it further enacted, That all vacan-
eies shall be filed by the President from the
company, battalion, squadron, or regiment in
which such vacancies shall occur, by promotion
according to seniority, except in cases OF disa-
bility or other incompetency: Provided, how
ever. That tie President may, when in Lis opin-
ion it nay be proper, fill such vacancy or va
csncies By the promotion Of any officer or Off
Gers, or private or priYates from such company,
battalion, squadron or regiment, who shall have
been distinguished in the service by exhibition
Of va,or and skill, aad that whenever vacancy
shall occur in the lowest grade of the commits,
stoned offieers Of q company, said vacancy shall
be lied by elections Provided, That all ap-
pointments made BY the President shall be by
aud with the advice aud consent Of the Senate.
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