Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-07-28
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The following arc the provisions OF the conscrptou
bill passed BY the Yankee Congress just before its ad
iournment:
l. he President may, at his dscretion at any time
hereafter call for any number of volunteers, for
the respective terms of one, two and three years for mil
itary SERVICE and any such volunteer, in Of
draft hereafter provided any substitute 81 all be cred
tied TO the town, township, ward or city precinct,
election district OF county, toward the quota oil which
he may have volunteered engaged a substitute,
and every volunteer who is accepted and mustered into
the service for term of year. unless sCCuer dis
charged, shall be paid by the United States bounty
of one hundred dollars and for two years bounty of
two hundred dollars and for three years three hundred
dollars ooethird of which bouaty shall be paid to the
soldier at the time of bis being mustered into the
vice, Crethrd at the expiration of oneha of bis term
Of service, and onethrd at tie expiration of his term
OF service and in OF hie death while In service,
the residue of his bounty unpaid shall be paid to his
widow, children mother.
2 In case the quota, any part thereof, OF any
town, township, ward of city, precinct or election
distrct or any county not divided, shall not be file
in the space of fifty days after such CALL the President
shall imme ediately order draft for year to fill such
quota any part thereo, which may be untitled, and
10 case of any such draft, payment of mcny shall
be accepted or received by the Government
tation release any enrolled drafted from per-
sonal obligation to perform military service.
g. 1t shalt be lawful for the Executive of any other
States to eend recruiting agents no any OF the States
declared be in ebeliou except Arkansas, Tennessee
call under the provision of this act who shall be cred
tied to the State and to the respective subdivisions
hereof which may procure the enlistment.
4. Drafted nep, substitutes aud volunteers, when
mustered In shall be organized in or assigned TO reg
ments, batteries or other organizations of their own
States, and as far as practicable, SHALL when assigned,
be permitted to select their regiments, batteries or
ner ogaulzatvns from among those of their respec-
tive States, which al the time of their assignment may
| not be hIed to their maximum number.
D. A n
Act to amend Act entitled Act for Enrolling and
Calling out the National Forces, approved February
"a 1864, shall be construed to mean that the Secreta
ry of War shall discharge minors under the age o
eighteen years. under the circumstances and the
dions prescribed in said section and hereafter if any
officer of the United States shall enlist or muster into
the military service any under the age of sixteen
years, with or without the consent Of his parent or
guardian, such person enlisted recruited shall be
lmmtdia,eIy and uncondtionaly discharged upon the
repay CT all bounty received and such recruiting
or mastering officer who knowingly enlists person
under sixteen, shall be dismissed the SERVICE with hs
forfeiture of all pay and allowance, and shall be subec
to further punishment as the court martial may de-
eide.
g. Section three Of an act entitled an Act to aens