The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-07-21
The New Conscription Act..A Synops:s
Of its Provisions.


after, call for any number OF men as vol
uuteers, fer the respective terms of one,
two and three years, for military service;
and any such volunteer, or in case of II
draft, as hereafter provided, any substi.
tute shall be credited to the town, town
ship. ward, or city precinct. or election
district Of the county, towards the quota
of which he may have volunteered ur en-.
gagged AS a substitute; and every vo'un-
,eer who is accepted and mustered into
the service for term of one year, unless
sooner discharged. shall receive aud be
paid by the United States a bounty OF
500. uud if for Il term of two years, un.
less sooner discharged, a bounty Of 5000,
and it for term "f three years, unless
sooner discharged, bounty of $500; one
third Of which bounty shall be paid to the
soldier at the time of his b ing mustered
into the service, one third at the expira-
tion of one half OF his term of service,
and one thi'd at the expiration of his
term Of service, and in case of his death
while in the service, then the residue of
his bounty unpaid shall be paid to his wi.
dow. if he shall have left widow; if not,
to his children, or if there be none, to
his mother, in case she be widow.
.Second-ln case the quota or any part
thereof of any town, township. ward Of
city, precinct or election district, or Of
any county not so sub divided, shall not
be filled within the space of fifty days a'
ter such cali, then the President shall
Immediately order draft ;or one year to
fill Snch quota or any part thereof which
may be untitled, and in case Of any such
d'ait, no payment of money shall be ac-
cep'cd or received by the Government as
communication to release any enrolled or
drafted man from personal obligation to
perform personal service.
THtrd-lt shall be lawful for the Ex.
ecu'lve Of a"y of the States to send re.
cru'tlng agents into any of the States de-
ciared to be in rebellion, ex pt the States
Of Arkansas, Tennessee and Louisiana,
and to recruit volunteers under any call
under the provisions of this act, who
shall be credited to the State ard to the
respective sub divisions thereof which
may procure the enlistment.
EpurM drafted men, substitutes. and
volunteers, when mustered in, shall bc
organized in or assigned to regiments,
batteries, or other organizations Of their
own States, and, as far as practicable,
shall, when assigned, be permitted to Sc,
lect their own regiments, batteries, or
other organizations from among those of
their respective States which Mt the time
of their assignment, may not be filled to
the maximum number
FtM-Thc twentieth section of the
act entitled "An act to amend an act en-
titled an act for enrollin. aud calling cut
the "a'iounl forces" approved february
II 1864. shall be construed to mean thu
the Secretary Of War shall discharge mi
horS under lie age Of eighteen years, un.
der the cir cunstanccs and on the condi.
tons prescribed in s; il sector; aud here,
after if any officer of the Uultcd States
shall enlist or muster into the military
service any person uuder the age of six
teen, tn or without the couscnt of his
p,rent "r dian, such person so enlist
I'd or recruited shall be immediately and
Internationally discharge d upon the re-
payment 1T all bounty received; and such
recruiting or mastering "ihcer who know
'"S'y en1i>tS person under slXte,n years
OF age shall be dismissed the service, with
the forfeiture Of all pay and allowances,
and shall be suhjrct to such further pun,
lshm"nt as court martial may decide.
S'rM Section three of an act cn i'll, d
can act to amend an act entitled an act
for enrolling and calling uut the NATIONAL
forces and for other purposes, approved
February "a 1864, be, and the same
hereby is, amended SO as to authorize and
direct District Provost Marshals, under
direction of the Provost Marshal Gencr-
al, to make draft for one hundred PER
ceutum 10 addition to the number reqnr-
ed t" fill the quota of any district, as
provided by said section.
SDvenh That iustead of travelling
pay, all drafted persons reporting at "a
place of rendezvous shall be allowed trans
portaton from their places of residence,
aud persons discharged at the place of
rend,zv shall be allowed trans porla-
tion to their places of residence.
E,yhth-Aii persons in the naval ser.
vice Of the United States, who have en- =
tered "a d service during the present re-
bel,ion, who lave Il It been credited to the
quota of any town, district, ward or
State, by reason Of their being 10 said
service, and not enrolled prior to Febru
airy 24, 1864, shall, on satisfactory proof
Of their residence, made to the Secretary
Of War, lie enrolled and credited to the
quotas of the town, ward, district or State,
10 which they respectively reside.
N'ntA-lf any person, duly drafted,
shall be absent from hume iu the prosecu
ton Of his usual business, the Provost
Marshal Of the district shall cause him
to be duly notified as soon as may be, end
he shall not be deemed descr,er, nor Ii,
able as such, until office has been given
to him aud rcasonal le time allowed for
him TO return and report to the Proves,
Marshal of his district; but such absence
shall not otherwise affect his liability un
der this act.
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