The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-07-14
The New CONSUMPTION ACT.
a Synopsis offs Provisions.

Synopsis offs Provisions.
Fjrst-The President of the United States
may at his discretion, at any time hearatter
call for any number of men as volunteers,
for the respective terms Of one, two and
three years, for military service; and any
such volunteer, or, in case of draft, as
hereafter provided, any substitute shall be
credited to the town. township, ward Or city
precinct, or election district of the county,
towards the quota of which he may have
volunteered or engaged as a substitute; and
every volunteer who is accepted and mus
tered into the service for a term OF one year
unless sooner discharged, shall receive and
be paid by the United States, bounty Of
800, and if for term OF two years unless
sooner discharged bounty of 5000, and If
for term of three years unless sooner dis
charged a bounty Of $500; one-third Of
which bounty shall be paid to the soldier at
the time Of his being mustered into the SER
vice, oue-third at the expiration of one-half
of his term Of service, and one-third at the
expiration of his term Of service, and in
case Of his death while IN the service, then
the residue of bis bounty unpaid shall be
paid to his widow; if he shall have left
widow; if not, to his children, or if there be
none, to his mother, in case she be a wild
ow.
| Sscoad.-In 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 o.. fifty days after such call
then the President shall Immediately order
i draft for one year to fill such quota or
lany part thereof which may be untitled, and
| n case OF any such draft, no payment of
money shall be accepted by the Govern
rnent as communication to release any enroll
q. OF drafted man from personal obligation
| TO perform personal service.
Ibird-lt shall be lawful for the exec
| utive Of any Of the states to send recruiting
agents into any of the States declared to be
| in rebellion, except the States Of Arkansas,
| Tennessee and Louisiana to recruit volun-
teers under any call under the provisions Of
this act, who shall be credited to the State
/ and to the respective subdivisions thereof
which may procure the enlistment.
F0uqth.-Drafted men, substitutes, and vols.
when mustered in, shall be organized in or
assigned to regiments, batteries or other or
carnations of their own States, and, as far
| as practicable, shall, when assigned, be per
United to select their own regiments, bat.
teres, or other organizations from among
those Of their respective States which, at the
time of their assignment, may not be filled
| to their maximum number
FtJb-The twentieth section of the act
entitled San act to amend an act entitled an
act for enrolling and calling out the national
forces" approved February "a, 1854, shall
! be construed to mean that the Secretary Of
| War shall discharge minors under the age Of
eighteen years, under the circumstances and
on the conditions prescribed il said section
and hereafter if any officer OF the United
States shall enlist or muster into the mill
| tary service any person under the age Of
sixteen years, with or without the consent
| of his parent or guardian, such person so en-
listed or recruited shall be Immediately and
Internationally discharged upon the repay
ment of all bounty received; and such re-
cruiting or mastering officer who knowingly
enlists person under sixteen years of age
shall be dismissed the service, with the for
fixture of all pay and allowances, and shall
be subject to such further punishment as
court martial may decide.
SjG!b-Section three Of an act entitled
san act to amend an act entitled an act for
enrolling and calling out the national forces
and for other PURPOSES" approved February
"A, 1864, be, and the same hereby is, amend
ed so as to authorize and direct District Pro-
vost Marshals under direction of the Pro-
vOst Marshal General to make draft for
one hundred per centum i'll addition to the
number required to fiu the quota of any
distrlctas provided by said section.
Sseeatb- That instead of travelling pay,
all drafted persons reporting at place Of
rendezvous shall be allowed transportation
from their places Of residence, and persons
discharged at the place of rendezvous shall
be allowed transportation to their places of
residence.
Ejghth-All persons in thenaval service
of the United Sta5es, who have entered said |
service during the present rebellion, who |
have not been credited to the quota of any |
town, district ward or State, by reason Of
their being III said service, and not enrolled |
prior to FEBRUARY q, 1864, shall, on salts
factory proof Of their residence, made to the |
Secretary of War, be enrolled and credited |
tC the quotas of the town, ward, district or
State, IN which they respectively rested, /
Ntaih-H any person, duly drafted, shall |
be absent from home in the prosecution of
his usual business, the Provost Marshal of
the district shall cause him to be duly mott
fled as soon as may be, and he shall not be
daemed as a deserter nor liable as such, until
notice has been given to him and reasonable
thine allowed for him to return and report
to the Provost Marshal o, his district: but
such absence shall not otherwise affect his
liaiiity under this act
isait and Elersatb-N Nothing contained
IN TINS act is to be construed to alter or in
any way affect the law relative to those con
scll.entiousiy opposed to bearing arms, or to
affect the rights OF persons to procure sub
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