Washington telegraph., 1864-05-11

ulations published for the information of
all concerned:
An Act to Organize Forces to Serve
During the War.
l. That from and after the passage OF this
act all white men, residents of the Confeder-
ate States, between the ages of II and so,
shall be in the service of the Confederate
States during the war
2. That all persons aforesaid between the
ages of Is and 45. now in the service, shall
be retained during the present war with the
United States, In the same regiments battal.
ions and companies to which they belonged at
the passage of this act, with the same organi
tations and officers, unless regularly transfer
red or discharged, in accordance with the laws
ard regulations of the army; Provided. That
companies from one State, organized against
their consent, expressed at the time, with reg
iments or battaliOns from another State, shall
have the privilege of being transferred to or
gan nizations of troops, in the same arm of the
service, from the state Ill which said compa-
nies were raised; and the soldiers from one
State, in companies from another State, shall
be allowed, II they desire 1t, transfer 60 or
ganzations from their own States, in the same
arm of the service.
3. Be it further enacted, That. at the exri-
ration OF six months from the lst of April
next, bounty OF one hundred dollars in SIX
per cent. Government bonds, which the Secre-
tlFy of the Treasury is hereby authorized to
issue, shall be paid to every non-commissioned
officer, musician and private then in the ser.
wee, or ln the event Of his death, previous to
the period of such payment, then to the per.
persons who would be entitled by law
To the arrearages Of his pay, but no one shall
be entitled to the bounty therein provided
who shall at any time during the period of six
months next after the SAID first day of A ril.
be absent from his command without leave
4. Be 1t fuIth r enacted, That no one shall
be relieved from the operations OF this act by
reason OF having been heretofo.e dischars ed
from the army, whore disability now e1-
lsts, nor shall those vino have furnished sub.
srItutes be any longer exempted by reason
thereof: Provided, iat no person heretofore
exempted account of religious opinion g.
aud who has paid the tax levied to relieve hin
from service, shall De required to render ser.
wee under this act.
>. be Il further enrctpd That oil whit,
male residents of the Confeder .te States, be-
tween tue ages of seventeen and eighteen, anl
lorty-hve Hhd hfty years, snail enruiI them
selves at such times and places. aud undel
such regulations a. the President may pre-
scrlne, the time allowed not being less than
unity days for those east, anu sixty days FOL
those west OF the Mississippi river, and any
person ~hn shall fail tn SO enroil himself, with
vut reasonable extu-e therefor. t, be jud sed
Ui by the President, sha!i be placed in vice
IN tie field f,r the wsr, in the manner rs
though they we're between the ages of ei ghteen
and ter ty-ii,,; Provided, Tint tue persons
mentioned in this section sh al constitute n re-
serve ICr State defence and detail duly, and
saaii not be required To perform service out OF
the EI.ge whlch they reside,
.. That ali persons tequjred br the th sec
ton ut this act tu enroll themselves MAY, within
uI!rty days OF tue passa tIrre9t, east of the
Hl~-Isslppi river, aud ~ithln Ixty days west
oi sald river, form themselves into voluntary
Organizations n companies, shttallous or reg
Inruts, and elect their own officers; said or
KanizatiOns Ia conform to the eIstlng laws
Ind having 0 organized, to tender their ser.
vices ss Voun eers during the WAY 70 the Pres
ideut; and if sueh organizations shall furnish
proper muster rolls, as now organized, and ie-
pOs!t copy thereof with the euroiling ofic
OF their district, which shall be equivalent 10
enrolment, they may be accepted as mlHute
men tut service IN such State, but IL
no event TO be tnken of it. fho~t
"ho d" uot SO yolunte and organize, shall
enroll themselves As before provided: and may
by the President, be required 10 assemble q
convenient place or rendezvous, and be form
ed or organized into companies, battalions and
regiments, under regulations to be prescribed
by him, and shall have the right to elect theil
company and TT girnenta officers, and all troop:
organized under this acf for State defence
shal! be entitled to the same pay and allowance
Rs troops now in the field
7. That any person who shall fill to attend
at the place of rendezvous, as required by the
authority of the President. without sufh
cieut excuse, ts be judged of by him, shall b'
liable to be placed in tho field for the war, al
if he were between the ages of eighteen anc
forty five years.
g. That hereafter the duties of provost ant
hospital guards and clerks. and of clerks
guards, agents, employees or iaborers in tn,
CummissaFy and Quartermaster Department
in the Ordnance Bureau asd clerks and en-
poyees OF navy agents, and all similar duties
shall be performed by persons within the age:
Of eighteen and forty-fve years, and who by
the report of the board of army sur
geons, shall be reported as unable to perform
active service in the field, hut capable of per
forming some of the abovesaid duties, speci
iylrg whioh, and when those persons shall have
been ASST gned to those duties as far as practi
cable, the President shall assign or detail tc
their performance such bodies OF troops, ol
INDIVIDUALS, required to be eRrolled under the
NTH section Of this act as may be needed fol
the discharge of those duties; Provided, That
persons between the ages of seventeen and
eighteen shall not be assigned to those duties;
provided further, That nothing contained IN
TINS act shall be so construed as tn prevent the
President from detailing artizans, mechanics,
Or persons Of scientific skill TO perform indis-
pensable duties in the Departments of Buresux
herein mentioned.
g. That any Quartermsster or Assistant
Quarternsster, Commissary or Assistant Com
mlssary, (other than those serving with Brig
ades or Regiments in the field,) officers in
the Ordnance Bureau, Navy Agents, or
Provost Marshals or officers in the Conscript
service, who shall hereafter employ retain
IN his employment any person III any Of their
said Departments or Bureaux, or in any of the
duties mentioned in the Sth section of this
act. in violation of the provisions hereof, shall
On conviction thereof by court martial or
military court, be cashsred: and it shall be
'he duty of any Department or District Com
nander, upon proof by the oath of any credi-
ols person, that any such officer has violated
Tue provision. Immediately to relieve such Off
GER from duty and such commander shall take
prompt measures to have him tried for such
onence; and any commander as aforesaid fail
,ng to perform the duties enjoined upon him
oy TINS section, SHALL upon being duly con-
hcted thereof be discharged from service.