Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-02-11
TIE MffIEARY BILL.

Tie Hcule # r. resenslLvss yes esdiy, doPiet q
Tcs5u on auhorzng ,heir &C ion upon the Military Blu
tf the Snae q Be made public. We are, therefore,
atEbsr.y to state that no following are the princip.
alterations 10 e b Of the Senate heretofore pub
ihdbg us) oFO5sd by ihs H.use:
seld Of couscri5og for service in the field all zen
capable Of bearing arms betseea the ages Of Is and S.
as she Ssuae Props d. tie Houe duses the maximum
sge 10 forty yfge.
The ID seei0n Of ,ho Senate Bill is changed 10 read
as f.loWs:
Al duties Is Provost aud Hospital Guuds and Cieik'
o. clerks, guards a'Ss0a's, employees laoorers
ia the Comm sssrys sni QaaFJ rnas e's Departments
in the Odsaacs and Medical Bureaus and il the exc
cut Of tl3 ensclme ns acts, ald eli similar duies
al b. r5.ies &c performed By persons VITO have bcen
disabled iron scise service il The 6elt aud WAC, by
Board Of Surgeons shall have been reported ft for
tao55 Ga es ard Vh these shall have been exhausted
he President shall call upon the Governors Of the
cal Satei for lie quotas o. persons required 20 make
up sue NUMBER needed for tle performance Of the above
mCnl0lSd ta.ss which gu9as shall be takea tsom
persons rOt Ia iC % m &C a ths army OF the
Confederate States.
After txsnp;icg az The Senate proposed, The Vice
P,esdsat and members Of Congress- and the SAFE Lee
cultures the House amsnSmsut add: and the oii
CTS, Executive and Jud'esl Of the COnieeerate and
S ale governments. except sreA Safe ofi;ss the
sesa States nay base ,earId by lsv 70 be liable
laiat.ry duty"
l. addition 10 toe SgparinteEde1ts Of LuHa'io ssy-
lana the House proposes to e1epp. the physicians and
teachers
As to ueuspaP>ss, .e Senate bill exsupt enc editor
ald such lurlsYm-u p, be the proprietor
may certify on ostl gag bs in6tpsusabls for conduct
f. e ,be pu5lcai-r. TIE House amendment restricts
tie ,zen9.ion y rsquiei-g tia. the editor shall be
a practical priHisr!!i
The clause of.ho Senate bill exem7h1g physicians il
smsi,d By ,5s House by excluding dentists from ,he
bcnef. Of he provision.
The provision Cxsupiug eaoiers is altered to read a.
fOloE: Gal Irstenss aud eiohers % colleges, acade
Ss hoois snd rol,sel, scenarios, who have been
regularly engaged as saci Cor two years p,evious 70 the
psssgs OF he Act Provided TIA. none shall receive
tie bere6, Of This exemption, the number Of whose
pupils l. rot twenty or more"
An adiirols provision o, lbc House is that "t1rne-
c.ssary subsistence tberc shall be exempt one white
mar, TIE head Of a FAM. c. eight or more white
SOS vto are tep udeut On liz labor fos support"
Ibe See e.ry @. War Is su,horzsd, in addition, 10
exempt o. Gail sgcs persons as hs 81 ssfei cugh. 10
b, exempted ce0uus Of puoe necessity, and to in
sure the pro5uc.ol Ct provisions for the army and for
Ouproduses5, and usa turner's and Ovcrssers be is
coavIesd would be useful il agriculture than in
tie military service Provided tha. they pledge them
selves TO sell to The Government all their surplus at the
pcea fixed BY he Commissioners Of APpraismeut
The House also Ircpcss to SGemP, the President,
TfeasaIsr A1d.,O: sud SuPerineadsnts, and such Of
h:Is AID employees Of railroads engaged in military
transportation, the President may certify cath are
nse5s AIRY to the working Of the rOaj, provided the
nub Der so exmp. shall net exceed one each mile Of
road used 10 military alsPOsttiOn.
TIE H0u-s also proposes t'exempt the white cfices,
rot exec ding tlsss, fary FIRE company composed Of
negroes organic 0u before che l.. January, 1864