The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-04
CIROuLAR.

OFFICE CoMNAEDANT or CoNscRPTs,l
Knoxville, July %, 1868.
The following proclamation by the President is pub
shed for the information Of all whom may concern;
PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT
whereas, II Is provided, by an act Of Congress- en-
titled "An act TO further provide for the public de-
tense approved on the 10th day Of April, 1862, and
bv another act Of Congress- approvedon the 27th bep-
tember 1882 entitled An act TO amend on actto pro-
vide further for the public defense, approved
10th April 1869, that the President be authorized TO
call out and place n the military service OF the Con-
federate States for three years unless the war shall
have been sooner ended, all white men who are resi-
dents in the Confederate States between the ages OF
eighteen and orty-6ve years. at the time the calLmay
be made, and who are not. at such time legally ex-
empted from military service, or such part thereof as
n his Judgment may be necessarytO the public defence.
And, whereas In my Judgment the nenaastiea 0f the
public defense require that every man capable OF
bearing arms between the ages aforesaid should now
he called out 10 do his duty in the defense Of his
country and In driving back the invaders now within
the limits Of the Ooniederacy;
Nov, therefore, |, JEFFERSON DAVIS, President
of the Confederate States OF America do by virtue OF
the powers vested in me as Aforesaid. call out and
place in the military service Of the Confederate
States all white men residents OF said States,
between the ages Of eighteen and fOrtyye years, not
legally exempted from military service, and do here
by order and direct that all persons subject TO this
call and not now in the military service, do, upon be-
established 10 their respective States OF which they
may be residents, under pain Of being held and pub
sbed as deserters in the event Of their failure to obey
this call az provided in said laws
And do further order aad direct, that the enrolling
officers of the several States proceed at TO enroll
all person embraced within the terms Of this procla
nation, and not heretofore enrolled.
And do further order that IL shall be lawful for
any person embraced within this call, to volunteer
tor service before enrolment and that peraons so vol
unteeTng be allowed TO select tbs arm Of service and
the company which theS desire to join, provided such
company be deficient IN the full number Of men allow
ed by the law Tor It's organization
s*t*ttfF Given under my hand and the Seal Of the
'SEAL Confederate States of America, at the city
.@t*Ftf~ OF Richmond this nneteeth day OF July, ia
the year OF our Lord thousand eight hundred aud
sixty y-llree. ...,
tSigned) JEFFERSON DAVIS.
By the President:
j. P. BENJAMIN,
Secretary Of State.
l. In accordance with the above, the chief enrolling
officers Of the different counties aud where none have
been appointed the Chairman Of the different county
Courts are hereby directed to report at this once
without delay for rolls and instructions.
| H. The officers for the counties OF Roane Mehlnn
Bradley, Bledsoe and Hamilton, will report 70 Nal
r. N. Cox ]. A. G. s., commanding camp OF lnstruc'
tion at Cleveland for rolls and instructions.
By command of 1T COL y. d. BLAKE,
C0mmandant Conscrpts OF Tenn.
W. A. JAMES,
iy7g-2w Adjt. Recruiting service.