The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-09
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HfchWaond Va, March ], 1854.
RNrRAi. ORDERS No 81
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4. s.~d Thai 1tnm and after tho passage oi this
ct m White sncn, resdeais of tue Co"'eaeaase
Ets,es. besweea the ages Of seventeen MO mny,
shsii y q 1Ae military service VI the Confederate
9ec ), That all the persons aforesaid, oetwe'h
the ares o( csshseem and forty Eve now IN the ser
vIcr shaN b. sesaMed. during The present war WIN
shc Tailed states, 10 the same regiments, "af'a!
s"ns and companies 10 which they belong al Inc
nassaer OF this act, with the same organization and
otccss, unless vcs"as'y IRA -. T ~,
lsuverament Of the army: Procsdcd, That con'aa
mics from ore State organizcd against Their con
ecnt expressed the time, with regiments or bat
taltoas from another state, shall have The privilege
Of bctns transferred 10 organizations oi troops III
the same ann Of tho service from The Statss !"
which the said companies were raised, and s"i''S
shall be allowed, Il they desire il, ransfer 70 or
eania stions from iher own State Ia ''io SAME "''
OF the service.
See g. That, at the expiration ofsix months itoa'
the irst day Of April next, bounty o. one . ~"
tised dollars, In a six per cent. Government o"nu
which the Secretary Of the Treasury Is hereby au
fhosizea to issue, shall be paid 10 every non com
rstssioned officer musician, aud private, VINO s'ia
then he In the seTvice In the event ot his dei
nrev,ous 10 the pevod OF such payment, then 10 the
person or persons who would be entitled ny law T.
receive the arrearases Of his pay, but no one shall
he entitled TO the bounty nese'h p'osiasa WI
nj any time during the period OF SIX months mex
after the said first day of April be absent from his
command without leave.
Sec 4. That no person shalt DC renewed from ''c
ration Of this act by reason OF having been here
rofofe discharged ftOm TIE army where no disability
now exists, nor shalt those who have furnished
substttutes be any longer exempted by reason
thereof: Provided, That no person heretofore ex
emp,ed on account OF religious opinions, aud wh0
has paid The tax levied 10 relieve HIN hom service
shall be required to render military service undei
this act.
tedera,e States between the ages OF seventeen aud
eighteen, and forty five and fifty years shall euro'
themselves at such times and places and un.e'
such regulations as the President may prescribe
the time allowed not being less ii3n thirty days
fos those east and sixty days for those west OF the
Mississippi river; and any person who shall fail so
10 enroll himself, without reasonable excuse
therefor 10 be Judged Of by the President, shall be
placed In service in the field TOR the war IN the
came manner rs though he were between the ages
Of eighteen and forty five: Prorded, That the per
sons mentioned In this section shall constitute 4
reserve for State defence and detail duty and shall
not be required TO perform service OH; OF the State
In which they reside.
Sec g. That all persons required by the fifth
section Of this act 20 enroll themselves may with
in sbirty days after the passage hereof east OF The
Mississippi liver, and within sixty days. If west OF
said river, form themseIvesin voluntary organza
lions Of companies, battalions OF regiments, and
elect their own OiIieers-said organization to con
form to the existing law; and having so Organized,
to tender their services Us volun GERS during the
war 10 the President; and II such organization
shall furnish proper muster rOllsas now required,
and deposit copy thereof with the enyrolling Oil
Ger Of the district, (Which shall be equivalent {"
enroIlmen,,) they may be accepted as minute men
Sssstsa hut in nyNn h,4
taken out of Il. Those who do not volunteer and
organize shalt enroll themselves before provd' d,
aud NAV by tho President, be required 10 assemble
nj places of rendezvous, and be formed int" com
panies, battali0ns and regiments, under reguta
uons to be prescribed by him, and shall have the
right 10 elect their company and regiineniai OIL,
Gers; and all troops organized under this ACT for
Sate defence shall be entitled whiie IN acuai ser
vice, to the same pay and allowances as troops
now in the field.
Sec. I That any person who shall fail TO attend
NJ the places of rendezvous as required by the
authority OF the President, without sufficient es
ct,se 10 be Judged Of by him, shall be- liable TO be
placed in service In the field for the war, IL he
were between the ages of eighteen ana forty five
years.
Sec. &. That hereafter the duties Of provost and
hospitai guards and clerks, OF clerks, guarls,
asants, employees Or lsborcrs In the G0mmssary S
and Quarternasier's departments, IN the Ord
nance Department, and clerks ana employees Of
navy agents, as also In the execution ri the enroll
laent acts, and all similar duties, shall he per
formed by persons who are within the ages Of
eighteen and and forty i've ydars, and who, by tue
report Of u hoard OF army surgeons, shall! he re
l,orted a. unable 10 perform active service in the
eld but capable Of performing some nf the above
named duties, specifying which; and when those
persons shall have been assigned 10 those duties
lar as practicable, the President sha detail or as
stsn a their performance such bodies a! troops or
iii vidnals, required to he enrolled under The 9th
..ctiOn Of this act az may be needed for the dis
change Of such .uties Proridsd, That persons be-
tween the ages sf seventeen and eighteen shall not
he assigned to these duties: Pfopded, further, That
nothing contained in this act shall be construed
"a 10 preyent the President (rO detailing ar.izans,
mechanics or persons Of scientific skill ia perform
indispens sable duties in The departments bureaus
herein mentioned.
See. o. That any QuartcTmasier or assistant
quaTteraaster, cOmmissary or assIsani cnmmissa
fy, (Olher than those serving with regiments and
hrigades 10 the ficd,) or officer In tho ordinance
Ger In the cnnscr:pt service, who shall hereafter
employ q retain In his employment any person in
any of their said rtnents or buseauS, or in any
of The duties mentioned In the eighth section If
this act, tn violation Of the provisions hereof, shall
on conviction thereof, by a court martial or mill
tasy court, be cashiercd; and il shall be the duty
Of any department or district commander, upon
proof BY the oath Of any credible person. that amy
such officer has violated this provision, imme diate
ty to relieve such officer from duty and said cnm
lnaDder shall take prompt measures to have him
tried for such offence, and any commander rs
aforesaid failing IL perform the duties cnjoincd by
this section, shall, upon being duly convicted
thereof, be dismissed from the service
Sec. 10. That all laws granting exemptions from,
military service be- and the same hereby repeal
ed, aud hereafter none shall lie exempted cAecp,
the following:
1. All who shall be held unfit for military ser
of War.
II. Tn. Vice President Of the Confederate States;
the members and officers of Congress, and OF the
several State Legislatures, and such other Conied-
crate and state officers AS the President the Gov
errors Of the respective States may certify Ia bt
necessary for tbs proper administration OF the Con
feder2te or etate governments, as the case may be
LII. Every minister Of religion authorized Il
preach according to tile rules Of his church, an,
who, az the passage Of this act, shall be regularly
employed In the discharge of his ministerial
suneriniehdenls and physicians OF asyliins for The
deaf dumb and blind and of the insane; edi,o,
for eacs, newspaper bcing published at The time o
the passase of this act, and such employees said
editor tnay certify Oatli To he Indispensable "a
the publication OF such newspaper; the public
pdnteT OF the Confederate and State Governments
and such jOurneymen printers az the sale, public
prlnter shall certify on oath 10 b. Indispensable
perform The public printing; ose skilled apoilrca,y
In zach apoLhecaYy store, who was doing business
NJ SUCH ap0thecafy on the tenth day OF O,;ohrr,
eighteen hundred and sixty two and has continued
said business, without Mternissi0n, since that pc
tlodi. all physicians over the age OF thirty years
who nOw are, and Tor the last seven year. have
been, In the actual and regular practice Of their
prOfession1 hui the term ply sician shall not include
dentists; all presidents and teachers Of colleges,
theological seinlnaiies, academies, and schools,
who have been regular engaged rs such Tor Two
years neSi before the passage of this Act: PrOpied
that the benefit Of this exemption shall extend tn
th0ee teachers only whose schools are composed OF
twenty students or more all superintendent al
public hospitals established by law before the pas
sage Of this act, aud such physicians aud nurses
therein EHeh shall certify Ou o., IN
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