The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-02-26
The CONSERVATION Bill.

The CONSUMPTION Bill.
The LosO Compelling the People, If the War
Continues. to go into the Arasy against their
VII by Force The MaclInryof the Lao
Those Men .cEo con Pay Tires Hundred
Dollars to be Let Of--IHe Machinery Of
Spies and Detectives.
From the New York Tribune.
Mr.. Wilson's bill. which passed the Senate
on Monday night, provides, as regards con-
scription, iu substance as follows: All able
bodied male citizens, and those who have
declared their intentions to. become such, or
have exercised the right of suffrage, be-
tween the ages of twenty and forty-f1ve
years. constitute the National forces of the
United States, are liable to perform military
duty when called out by the President
The exempts are these who are physically
or mentally unfit, the Vice. President, heads
of Executive Departments, United States
Judges, Governors of States, only son OF an
! iudisenti widow, or infirm parent, or one
such son, where are two or more, to be Sc
lected by the parent, also the only brother
of orphan children under twelve years, also
the father of motherfess children OF the same
age; and where two of a family are in mill
tary service the remainder OF such family,
not exceeding two, shall be exempt. No
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or permitted to serve. The National force
not now in service is to be divided into two
cl asses, the first class embracing slf between
20 and 35 years of age, a7d all unmarried
mon between 35 and As years of age. The
second class embraces all the others, and
will not be called into service until after the
FIRST class. For convenience OF enrolment
districts are made corresponding with the
Congressional districts. in each Of which the
President appoints Provost Marshal, with
rank and pay Of Captain of Cavalry, or he
NAV detail an officer of similar rank, who
shall have Bureau in the War Department,
and shall make the needful rnles and regu
lations for carrying out the provisions OF this
act. These Marshals are to arrest deserters,
report reasonable practices, and detect spies,
&c. In each district there is TO be Board
of Enrolment, consisting Of the Provost
Marshal and two other persons, appofsted
by the President, one OF whom is to be g
physician and surgeon. This Board shall
divide the district into convenient sub dis
! tricts, and perfect an enrolment once in each
year, each class to be enrolled separately
Persons thus enrolled are subject for two
years to be called into service to serve for
! three years or during the war, on the same
, footing with the present volunteers, advance
pay, bounty money, &C., included. When
necessary to make q draft, the President
shall indicate the number for each district,
taking into consideration the number already
furnished since the beginning of the war, so
as to fairly equaliZe the burd Ter; = the enrolling
officer shall then make the draft with fifty
per cent. addition, and within ten days serve
NOTICES upon the drafted men. Substitutes
may be furnished, or comm utation made not
to exceed three hundred dollars, at the dis
erection of the Secretary of War. Any per-
son drafted and failing to report, or furnish
su bsttute, or pay his Communication, shall
be deemed a deserter, and subject to imme-
date arrest. The bill provides for the pro-
per surgical examination of drafted men,
and the punishm ent OF surgeons who receive
brides. When the draft is finish ed, all those
not taken are allowed travelling pay to their
homes. Those who furnish substitutes are
exempt for the entire time of the draft, and
tho substitute has the same pay, &C., as
though originally drafted.
The bilr also provides that volunteers now
in service who re-enlist for one year shall
have bounty of $50, ons-half paid down;
those who enlist for two years receive 1926
of the regular 800 bounty. There are also
provisions for the consolidation Of skeleton
regiments; also that Generals in the field
may execute couIt-martial sentence against
spies, deserters, m utineers or murderers with
out reference to the President. Court mar
tials may reduce absentee officers in the
ranks. Clothing, arms. &C., shall not be
sold, pledged or given away, and may be
taken wherever found in illegal hands; per-
sons who entce soldiers to desert or harbor
EN-, or buy their arms or uniforms, and
ship captains or railroad conductors who
knowingly convey deserters may be fined
$500 and imprisoned from six months to
two years Any person who resists draft,
or counsels others to do so, or dissuades them
from performing military duty shall be sum-
mariy arrested, locked up until the draft is
finished. then be tried by a civil court and
fined $500, or imprisoned two years, or both.
The President, on the passage of this act,
shall issue proclamation recalling alb sentees
from the army. who may return without
punishment within the time indicated, ex-
cept the forfeiture of pay for the time of ab-
sence; those who do not return will be de-
serters. Off ;ers absent with leave, except
for sick or wounds, receive half-pay;
officers absent without leave, no pay at ALL
There are other provisions but chiefly of
details not particularly important.