Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-01-29
Senator CoIIamer', Postal Bill.


Washington, Jan %.
Senator CoIlamer's postal bill empowers the
Postmaster General to appoint all postmasters,
where the annual salary is less thon $1,000;
requires post masters, mail agents, and persons
employed in the General Post Offices, to make
oath to their fidelity and loyal Y awards com
pensation in five classes: the first between
$4,000 and $4,000, the second between $1,000
and $1,000. the third between $4,000 and
$1,000, the fourth between $1,000 and Sl00
the fifth less than 500. The salaries to be
assigned by the Postmaster General. These
salaries to take effect in July next. In the Of
fees of the first and second classes it is pro-
posed to allow just and reasonable sum for
the cost of rent, fuel, all lights, clerks, &c,
and also to the offices of other classes which
are distributing offices, for clerk hire. all box
rents and other perquisites, TO be accounted for
by the post master. The box rents and ost-
age always to be prepaid. Letter carriers to
be appointed, and receiving offices and boxes
established, and provision made for carrying
cal newspapers and small packages at the
lte of half ounce letters 3 cents, drop Letters
cents and no carriers fee allowed.
Senator Wilson's bill from the Military
Committee for encouragement of enlistments
and enrolling and drafting the militia, and
other purposes, provides:
First, that such of the volunteers and mill
tia now in the service of the United States,
who may re-enlist for one year after the eXpi-
ration of the present term of service, shall be
entitled to a bounty of fifty dollars, one half
of which will be paid on such re-enllstment
and the balance at the expiration OF the term
of re-enlistment and to such as may re-en-
list for two years after the expiration of their
present term Of enlistment shall be paid one
half of the bounty for enlistment provided by
the fifth section of the act approved July %,
1861
Second-The President shall make all
proper rules and regulations for enrolling and
drafting the militia of the United States, and
otherwise putting this act into execution, and
the enrolment of the militia shall in all cases
include all able bodied male citizens between
the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, ex-
cept such as may be exempt by the existing
laws of the United States, and further exemp-
tons from physical disability shall only be
made after the completion of the draft.
Thrd.-Whenever the President shall call
for the militia of the states and territories TO
be employed in the service of the United
States, he shall specify in his call the period
for which said service may be required, not
exceeding two years and the militia so call
ed shall be mustered and continue to serve for
and during the time so specified, unless sooner
discharged
Fourth.-Every person who shall, IN pur-
suance of any Jaw of the United States, or
requisition of the President, be drafted as a
soldier, shall, when so drafted, be deemed to
| be in the actual service of the United States,
and shall be thereupon subject to the rules and
| articles of war in the same manner as though
| he had been mustered into the service of the
! United States.
Fifth. The drafted militia brought into the
service of the United States by authority of
this act, shall be placed in all respects upon a
footing with the troops authorized by the 4th
section of an act approved July IL, 1901.
Sixth-Every person not subject 10 the rules
and articles of war who shall procure or en-
tice any soldier in the service OF the united
States to desert, or who shall harbor, conceal,
or give employment to deserter, or carry him
away, or aid in carrying him away, knowing
him to be such. or who shall purchase from
anv soldier his equipments, uniform, clothing,
or .nv mart thereof, and any captain or com
m.ndinp officer of any ship or vessel carving
away any such soldier as one of the crew, or
o,herwise. knowing such person to have de-
ssrtod or who shall refuse to deliver him up tn
the order of his commanding officer, shall, up-
On legal conviction, be fined at the discretion
If any court having recognizance of the came
in any sum not exceeding $500. and shall 4.
;nnrisoned not exceeding two vearc and NJ
lac than six months.