Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-12-23
Forces TO Serve During the War.

g. Ee3rom their further consideration, several
oi resolutions relating % exemptions, sub
sss.s &c, upoE the ground that they we're al:
kssn ior IN the following bill, which the COM :
sms9se hAd instructed him to report:
Anaet 70 oTgeaiss forces to seyse during the ear.
NON l. The congyes1'e tie .C0n1sdsrats
gee4V Amersea do. enaet That from and after
s9e OF tins ACT, I'LL white men, residents Of
tne Agiederate Ststes between the ages of sixteen
eaa -ase. shall be in the military service Of the
cea3aessste sases for the var, =:
That all between the ages Of sixteen and
Hk1& and shetweens the ages Of forty five and
ke3epg 70 the reserve, and shall be
.sE5 agss;of sighteea! 1sd. lesty. .aS shail
belong TO the army in the 6eld . ~ :
SEC. 3. That all those who shall hereinafter A. ;
rive at the age Of sixteen years shall belong to- and
be enrolled in, the reserve, and those who may
hereafter arrive. at the age Of eighteen shall be
transferred from the reserve to the army in the .
field.
SEC. 4. That the reserve corps shall be used for
local defence, for post and garrison duty, and shall
not be ordered beyond the limits Of their own States
except in cases of great emergency IN the opinion
OF the commanding general and then not for longer
period than thirty days. and that all details for pro-
vost and hospital guards for co,nm,ssary and quar-
termasters agents. for service in enforcing the con-
script act and for all other purposes except as here.
matter provided, shall be from this corps.
SEC. 8. That all persons liable to duty in the
reserve corps shall enroll themselves within such
time and ac such place or places, in their respective
counties or parishes, as may be prescribed by the
President and that upon their failure to do so the
person SO failing shall be conserbed TO the army in
the field.
Sec. 6. That the organization of the reserve
corps shall be tbs that provided by existing
laws for the army in the field, and shall consist Of
infantry Of the line, light infantry, riAemen and
mounted rifemen in such proportion may be
prescribed by the President; and the several com.
panies, when formed, shall elect theirOwn Officers
and be organized, under the direction of the Pres
ident into battalions, regiments, ~brigades and
divisions as the case may be- and the officers there
to appointed as now provided by law.
Sec. Z. That's any existing organizations composed
of non conscripts, may, in the discretion IF the
President, be received into the service and form
part Of the reserve corps.
SEC. g.. That the officers, non commissioned off
and prvates belonging to the said corps
shall be entitled whilst in actual service but not
otherwise, to the same pay and allowances now
provided by law FOR the army in the field, under
such regulations q may be prescribed by the Sec
retary of War.
SEC. 9. That. no person shall be relieved from
the operation Of this act by reason Of having been
heretofore. discharged from the army where no
disability now exists nor shall. those who haze
| furnished substitutes Be- any longer exempted by
reason thereof Pr9pidsd, That those who have
paid into the Public Treasury the amount specified
6csa5s, 70 5p hsa spproyd 1n
this act shall be repaid tair proportion of the
amount so paid " them, under rules to be pre-
| scribed by the Secretary o. War. =.
SEC. 10. Thas,all laws granting exemptions from
military service be, and the same are hereby re-
pealed and that hereafter none shall be exempt ex
cept the following:
service under rules to be prescribed by the Sec
retary of War.
IL All officers Of the Confederate States govern
M (pow exempt BY acts Of Congress or Of the
Stase Legislature.
I'LL Ministers of religion;. superntendents of
asylums for the deaf dumb and blind and Of the
insane; one. editor of each newspaper and the EN-
ployees in newspaper establishments; physicians
and apothecAyiesAs now provided by law, and upon
the terms and considerations and in the manner
! provided by the act in relation to exemptions ap-
proved October lth, 1862.
Ssc IL That the President be- and he is hereby,
authorized to grant details under general rules and
regulations to be issued by the War Department,
either from the reserve corps or from the army in
field, of skilled artizans and workmen, to produce
munitions Of war other material necessary in
j rying on the war; and in all other cases wheFe in
his Judgment justice equity and necessity require
that he should make such details; and be may make
such order of details whenever he may think proper.
Sec. 12 That nothing herein contained shall be
construed to repeal any part Of the act entitled an
act to provide further for the public defence" ap
proved 10th Of April 1862, Of the act amendato-
ry thereto approved 9th September, 1862 except
as hesen expressly provided for .
The bill was redd second time and one hundred
and Fifty copies ordered to be printed
If.the foregoing bill should be passed, it seems
that the Home Guard Of this State, and all our
State officers will be conscripted Are We right in
SO concladinga Surely some provision will be
made to exempt State officers and the local troops
? ofthe respective States -.
=, Ifall the white males of this State between ths
ages Of sixteen and ffty Ave- put in service a,
contemplated by this BILL the result will be the de
struction Of our people physically and morally.
Yet We must do this or be subjugated; but if "
f do it the women and children and old men mus
starve. God help the country, for vain is the bel
|. Of man.
, Dissolution took place by separate State action
and this revolution, we were told was inauguratee
}. to protect State rights. Where are we now ,
n Conscrption laws, the tithing law, and the i'm
.pressment laws have blotted out State lines, an
the States are nov only provinces dependent th
J., central power at Richmond We are true to Stat
d rights and to the Confedeiate Constitution, but
!, denouncs the Innovations and usurpations whic
e thres.en TO change radically the character of tn
governments
i. GEoRclA-Ths Legislature of Georgia sdjourne
Is sine die on the 18th sinst r.. The appropriation
q amount to over fourteenl billions Of which six nj
'e lions are for soldiers families two millions for clot
+ + ingof Georgia troops, Tree millions for militia
l. fund.- one million for elic debt half million i
Georgia Rslief Hospital Association, one million +
r blocksde runuing for supplies for tho army, =,
4 about million for general State expenses.
in Y4sKrr RAD on TIE Va. AND T1ss. RArL.oA
A frcs q the enemy, supposed to number thr
N Thousand Avaify aud lnonatsd infantry, pnd
Avesil reaahsa saaen, Rosnoks county, on the '
=. and Tenn. % tAs 18th A train With troo
ID from Lynchbnss a7psosehed within sight Of t
be depot and Vas fired At The depot containing
!, eonsidersbss qusnfity 81 produce and the Cover
~ uAnk deD0f skynfn4 # that t,unA Ta1~SrsnR