The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-20
The Presidents Pro Iamatisn.

We invite the eeIions attention OF all per-
sons between the ages Of Is and As, who may
not have yet enrolled themselves, to that
clause Of the proclamation which preacribes
the penalty for failing TO repair to the conscrp'
camp after enrolment. 1t reads az follows
Il do hereby order and direct that all persons
sutjec. to this call AID not now ia the military
service, DO upon bsing enrolled, forthwith re-
pair to the cGDscript camps Of The respective
States Of which they may be the residents
aude, 5alm Of be5ag hc}d and punished as de
serteys sa he cgeRt Of their toll"re to oLey Nis
cali
Now, deserter. in time Of war, is punished
by death, aud that ls the penalty which hangs
over tho head f every man who fails to re-
port himself, as tho law requires. Let not any
man fancy that hs gees the door open to eva
sion and escape, through the leniency Of the
jadges, Or the mercy Of the Executive. L. is
determined to enforce the law with the most
unsparing rigor, for courts martisi aud Execu-
tive have alike come 10 the conclusion that
mercy 10 The deBertsr 10 cruelty TO the country,
and they will not exercise II cave in CAGES
scripts. therefore, take warning IN time 1hey
cannot escape tbe operation Of the law by any
possible trick subteriuge or evasion. They
cannot sinde the vigilance Of the enrolling of
hcefs. They are all upon the alert, and will
not omit or pass over, u single name ~ the
schedule. Once enrolled, tbs conscript runs u
rnoet fearful rick if he attempt t. battle the
claims Of the law. BY avoiding the bnIiets OF
tho enemy Ee exposes himsef to those Of mis-
own couatrymen. The former he mis hit escape,
as the large majority always DO, or II he falls
he will fill an honorable grave huf the latter
he cannot elude. They will bs fred en- him at
few pscss, while lie islands p blind folded
felon, to receive them, aud 10 Ia buried after
waris IN Il ielon's grave II Ii far better TO
meet death in the field q battle than 30 stumble
upon it on the parade
Let us hope, however, 'hst there will he no
necessity for tsis reminder. Le. Us hope that
every man will cheerfuiiy cone forward sad
enroll hinseif fer the defence Of - country,
his home, hs frianjs his famii his fire
eide AZ that gagn holds daar is 1T stake The
most malignant epsmy thai ever perseontod
an innocent people ia aesking to su'Jogate
os. The mar of sound health, and CT
agA capable Of enduring the fatignea OF
camp, who will not voluntarily take mp arms
TO avert such t,to for himEe'f and those he
holds incet dear deserves to die the death OF
dog, as he most aa8uredy will If hs attempt
TO evads tho law
We recolleet that on oth5r occasions, when
calls were made, theIe we're inuumarable
cases of exemption made unit ar the most friv
oious aud disgracefuI pretex:s Attempts will
bs made to eyaie the call IN tue same way
now; bu. without acccess. The enrolling Of
fcers have become sharp by practice, and they
are always under the eye OF the powers that
be- Applications for exemption Will DO scru
,injzed with the utnoss strictness, and will
not he allc wed without overwhelming proofs
of the Justice Of each particular ease Men
who nrofsss inability to d. service liz the field,
can easily be assigned to duties in the camp
which they can fulfill They can cook, or
wash, or bring wood, or keep the camp sup
n;ied in water. There are thousand things
which they can do, aud which, if they do
them not, must be done by persons able to do
duly in the field. They can thus dsengage
large fighting mass, whose services are al
ways wanted.
LIST the eonserps recolisct that, by volun-
teering, he can join any company in any de-
partmeu. of the eervice-infantry, artillery,
aud cavalry. This is moat important advan-
teee, and one which 1t would be unwise in the
conscsip: to overlook.
The country wants al! its available force
We DO ne. regard the state Of cur affairs as
by any means such as 10 Justify dependency;
bat, to bs saved, we nuet pioy every means
We must turn on, every available man, and
the sooner the bettsr.