The daily Chattanooga rebel. [volume] (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865, 1864-07-25

deti who shsl at any time during the period Of six
months next aifer s:'e ssid first day OF April be
Sgc. !. That ns person shall be relieved from
the opcraton Of this act y reason Of having been
hcre.sforo discharges frts,. The army; where n no
nstcd substitutes be any longer exempted By rca-
son thereof: Provided, That no person heretofore
exempted ON account OF religious opiii'nns. and
rho has paid the Tax levied to relieve him from
service. shall be reqairesi TO render military ser
rice under this Act
SEr = That all white male residents Of tilc
Confeter ate States between the ages Of serOnteen
ana eighteen and forfy fire and iify years shall en-
roll themselves at such times ard places, and un-
ieT such regulations shc President may pre-
~cr,c the time allowed not being less ftan thirty
DAYS for those cast. and sixty days for those west
of the mississippi river. and any person who shall
fail sc to carroll himself withont rcas9isabie ea-
cuse shers.sor. I'D be Judged OF by the President,
shall be placed in service in the ield for the war.
In the same manner though he were between
tlIe ages OF eighteen asd tcrtr:fir frorided;
That the persons mentioned in this section shall
constitute a r.scrrr fer State defence and detail
duty. and shall not be required 10 perform service
oos OF the State IN wi,ici, shsy rss,ae. an,
section Of this act 10 errol Themselves Esar, with
thirty days a,cr the passage hereof east of the
NiSsi~sit,ii river. and within sixty days west -.
ssrid river form themselves into voluntary nr,ani
zations or companies batsAliosls or regiments.
and elect their own ofiicers-sad organizations 10
conform the existing law. ard having organ
led tender their services volunteers duI InS
the war. thcTresident and IL sgcii organization
shall furnish proper muster rolls as now required.
aud deposit copy thereof with the c,roii'n2 OF
ticcr OF tl,eir district wiic, shall bc equivalent Ia
enrolment they may be accepted Us minnie men
for service i'm such STATE; but IN event Z" be ta-
organize shall enroll themselves before proYi-
det. and NAV, nv tile Presdcut. be rcquir 81 to Is-
semblc ST places of rendezvous, and be fprpicd
into companies. batifonS and regiments, under
regulations To- be prescribed by him, aud siinii
have the riglft To elect their company and regi-
mcnta oiIicers; and ali troops organized under this
act for State defence sliali be entitled. while in
tual service. Ia the same pay and allowances
troops nuw in the field.
SEC. :. TIM. any person who shall fail ia aticnd
II the piscc of rendezvous. Is required by The
tlrority or the President. without sufficient
cuse to lc judged OF by him, shall be liable to be
placed in service sn the field for the war. rs if
he were bciwcen tive ases of eighteen and forty
Ssc & That hereafter tho duties of provost and
hospital guards R,ist clerks, of clerks. guards.
agents employees, or iaborcrs in the Coinniis-
sarv's and Quartcruiaster'S Department, :n- the
Ordnance Department, and clerks and employees
OF .,ayy.ass.I I as also in she execution of the en-
.ornied t,y persons who within the ages or
eighteen and forty -fre years and who. by the re.
ported q. unable to perform active service la the
ticd bui. capable of performing some ottlc above
named duties, specifying wh.cti and when when these
as far as practicable, the President shall detail
assign ,o their performance siich bodies OF trnops
ar individuals. required to be enrolled under tie
discharge Of such duties Provided, That persons
between the ages OF scycnteen and eighteen sha.
not be a>sig1sed TO these dnicS: Provided further,
That nothing cont aimed in this act shall be
Strtic as tn prevent the President from detailing
artisans mccl,snics, persons of scieutiic skill
To perform Indispensable duties in the depart
rlcnts or bureaus herein mentioned
Src :? That any quartcrmasiers or assistant
uuarterr,atc oounnissary assistank kconlmissa-
rv,othcr than these serving With r, Simcnts and bri-
:..icS i'll the field officer IN the ordnance bu
Itau navv agent provost lnarslaI officer
ia the cpn~crps lee, who shall hereafter enn-
por or retain in his employment any person in
nnr of their aid departments bureaus, in
anv of the duties mentioned IN the eighth section
OF ti,i. act in violation of tlc provisions hereof
shall ou convection Thereof. by court martial
,n;Iitury court be cashcrcd; and IL shall be the
duty OF any acparnncnt or district coniniandcr.
upon ,proof ns tue oath "t anH credible person.
tiiatlnns suc officer has violated this provision.
irn'aciia'eiy {" reese sqs,, ssr on, nea"re ="
si9 S sSpf.as iiis for such offence any comn,acrs
s aforesaid failing fo perform the duties enjoincd
BY tfis 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
repcalad, and hereafter none shall be exempted .
except the following:
+ AIl who .lraii De held unfit for military SER |
vice. under rules e be Presc'ibad by the secre'a
ry of War.
III. The Vice President of the Confederate
states; the members aud officers sf Congress and
of the several State Legislatures and sueh other
Confederate and State officers the President or
" 20 be- necessary fns the proper administration of
the Confederate or State Governments, as the case
.nav be.
Ill Every minister Of religion authorized to |
prcach according to the rules of his church. and
Who ai the passage of ssict, shall be regularly
employ ed in the discharge %. his ministerial du
tics; saipeEiniendcnts and physicians of asylums
for the deaf dumb and blind and of the insane; one
editor for each newspaper being published at tift !
time of the passage Of this act and such emp oy- ,
ccs said editor may certif, on cath to be indis
L. a.
The public printer of the Confederate and State /
Governments. and such joprneymcn printers as |
tile said public printer shall certify ON oatlr To- !
be Indispensable To perform the public printing. |
one skilled a,o:hecary IN each spotheeasy store !
Mao doing business as such apotbecary the /
tenth day Of October. eighteen hundred aud sixty
terinission since that period all physicians over
the age Of thirty years who now arc, and for the
last seven years have been, .in the actual and reg
pysisian shall not include dentists; ALI presidents
and teachers ef colleges, theological semnarics !
and schools, who kavc bces regularly engaged AS
such for wears xt before the passa;se of this
act: eroridstt. ThIt the bcpeft of this exemption
shall extend 10 those eachcrs only whose schools
are camp,,sed Of twenty students or more; all SUI
law before tine passage of this act, aud such phys.
clans and NURSES therein such superintendent
shall certify on oath 10 be indispensable to tac
proper and efficient infringement thereof
" There, shalt be exempt ono person Us over \
seer or agrcuirurast on each farm or plantation
upon 'rheh there are now. and were. upon the first
day of iannarr. last, fifteen ablc-bodicd held
han,ss between ahc ages of sixteen and fty ,,pon
the following conditions; L. This exempt,1a shall
only TIC gra,fc in cases in which there no white
male adult the faTas or plantation not liable 10
miliisry serrce, ner unlcss the person claiming
the exemption was, on the first day of Jauuary,
eighteen hundred and sixty-four either the owner.
and manager. or ovcrsecr Of said plantaaion; bat
IN no Gaze shall more than one person be exempt
cd Tor sae farm or plantation. 2 Such person
shah nas. ,a, execute S bond payabie to the eenfe
such security. and 10 such penalty. as lhe secre-
tary of ar may prescribe. conditioned tirat he
depot, or such other place or places as msy be
designated by the Secretary Of ws-. within twelve
months then ne 1t ensuing. one hundred pounds
of bacon. or. at the election Of the Goycrnment,
It's equivalent ,n pork, aud one hundred pounds
sf nci beef tsaid bzef to be delivered on, foot
for e,,c able bodied slave the farm or u!an.a
ton within the above said ages, whether ssia
slave be worked in the field or not, viich said Ea.
bon or pork and beef shall be psja fur by the