Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-03-07


time for which be was drafted aud such sub
sttute shall be entitled 70 the same pay and
allowance proridedb by law as If he had been
originally drafted into the service Of the United
5tates
SIC ls. AAdbe Il further enacted, That
such OF the volunteers and militia now IN the
service oi the United States as may re.enlist
10 serve one year, unless sooner discharged,
after the expiration of their present term Of
service, shall be entitled to bounty of fifty
dollars, one-helf OF which TO be paid upon
such re-eRlistment, and the balance OF the ex.
.pirahon Of the term Of reenlistment Aud
such as may eenlist to serve for two years,
unless soooner discharged, after the expira.
ton Of their present term OF enlistment, shall
receive upon such re-snlistment, twenty-five
dollars Of the one hundred dollars bounty for
enlistment provided by the fifth section Of the
act approved twenty.second Of July, eighteen
hundred and sixty-one, entitled can act TO au.
thorize the employment Of volunteers to aid
in enforcing the laws and protecting public
property" r..
SEC. 10, And be il further enacted, That
whenever regiment Of volunteers Of the same
arm, from the same State, is reduced TO one
half of the maximum number prescribed by
law, the President may direct the consolida-
ton Of the companies Of such regiment: Pro
pided, Thatno company so formed shall ex
eeed the maximum number prescribed by
law When sueh consolidation is made, the
regimental officers shall be reduced in pro-
portion TO the reduction in the number OF com.
panies.
ii SIC 20. And be it further enacted, That
whenever regiment is reduced below the
minimum number allowed by law, no officers
shall be appointed in such regiment beyond
those necessary for the command Of such re-
duced number
SEC 81. And be it further enacted. That so
much of the fifth section of the act approved
seventeenth Of July, eighteen hundred and
sixty-two, entitled "An act to amend an act
calling forth the militia to execute the laws of
the Union, and 80 forth, as requires the APP
proval Of the President to carry into execu-
ton the sentence of n court-martiNl, be, and
the same is hereby repealed as far rs relates
10 carrying into execution the sentence OF
any court martial against any person convicted
as IA spy or deserter, or of mutiny or murder ;
and hereafter sentences in punishment of
these ofienses may be carried into execution
upon the approval Of the commanding Gener-
al in the field .......
SEC. %. And be it further enacted, That
fcers who shall absent themselves from their
commands without leave, to be reduced TO the
ranks To serve three years or during the war.
SIC. %. And be it further enacted, That
the clothes, arms, military outfits, and accout-
erments furnished by the United States to
any soldier, shall not be sold, bartered, ex-
changed, pledged, loaned, or given away and
no person not soldier, or duly authorized
officer of the United States, who has possession
of any such clothes, arms, military outfits, or
accounterments, furnished as aforesaid, which
have been the subject Of any such sale, barter,
exchange, pledge, loan, ,,or gift, shall have any
right title, or interest therein, but the same
may be zeized and taken wherever found by
any officer Of the United States, civil or mill
tary, and shall thereupon be delivered to any
Quartermaster or other officer authorized to
receiye the same and tue possession of any
such clothes, arms, military bntfte, or aceout-
erments, by any person not soldier or officer
Of the United Stntes shall be prima fdcie evil
denee of such sale, barter, exchange, pledge,
loan, or gift, as aforesaid. :
SEU 2l And be it further enacted, That
every person not subject to the rules and arti-
cles of war who shall procure or entice, or at
tempt to procure or entce, n soldier in the
service OF the United States to desert; or who
shall harbor conceal, Or give employment TO a
deserter, or carry hip away, or aid in carrying
him away, knowing him to be such or who
shall purchase from any soldier his arms
equipments ammunition, uniform, clothing, OF
any part thereof; and any captain or com
manding officer of any ship or vessel
or any superintendent or conductor Of
any railroad, or any other public conveyance
carrying away any auch soldier as one Of his
crew or o,aerwisc knowing him to have de
serted, or shall refuse to deliver him up to the
order Of his commanding officer shall, upon
legal conviction, be fined at the discretion o
any Court having cognizance of the same
in any sum not exceeding five hundred dol
lars, and he shall be imprisoned not exceed
Hing two years nor less than six months.
SEc %. And be it further enacted That i
, any person shall resist any draft of men en-
rolled under this act into the service Of th,
United States, or shall counsel or aid IN.
person TO resist any such draft or shall oh
siruct any officer in making such draft or II
the performance of any service in relation
thereto; or shnl counsel any person to as
sault Or pbltrucl any such officer; or shal
counsel any drafted men not to appear at th
place Of rendezvous, or wilfuly dissuad
them from the performance of military dut,
as required by law, such person shall be sub
ject to snmin1ly arrest by the Provost Mar
shal, andisbaA lie forthwith delivered TO tn,
civil autLPRHqE and, upon conviction there
! Of be punished 10y fine not exceeding fy
hundred iSlIars, or by imprisonment not ex
ceeding two YehrB, or by both of said punish
ments, u+ s1 -ay dsau fa.
Sac. 26. And belt further enacted, that i'm
mediately after the passage of this act, th
President shall issue his proclamation declal
} l1ng that oil soldiers now absent from their reg
imenta tyilhnut lanve NAV raturn within n fi m