The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-07-21
VIE Lew ENRoILMENT LAw.

49, N4W A~ANAeNAHNAA@.'@ 'N ~
The lSw Os just passed provides as fol-
lows;
The Prsgident Of the United States
may atbb discretion, at any time here
afIer, cst forsny number Of men as vol
unteen,,ior the reflective terms Of one,
two, Of lbree years, Tor military service,
and anj such volunteer. or in case Of a
DRAFT, q Hereinafter provided any sub.
stimIo ball be credited in. the town,
toWnshIb ward otcilsPrecincs or cleo
tion ais sict. Sfa county, toward the quo.
ia Of Wich he may have voipptOerod OF
engage IS 0 substitute, and every vol
unteos ho is engaged and mustered in-
TO tho esvico for q term of..one year,
anloSs toner discharged, shall receive
rand b6 baid by the United States, 4
bouuty Il ono hundred dollars; and if
for d & h Of Two years unless sooner
discha "a, bounty Of two hundred
dollars ld if for a term Of tbroO years
unless aoner discharged, a bounty Of
three ahdred dollars-onO third Of
which unly shall be paid to the soldier
at the ns Of his being mustered into
tho se Ice, one third at the expiration
Of one plf Of his term Of service, and in
case o cath while in the service tho
residue f his bounty unpaid shall bO
,pSid 4 lis widow, II he shall have left
. wid6Y if not, to bis children; or il
there none, to his mother in case shO
DO a Wow.
10 10 tho quota or any par! thereof
Of AM own, township, ward Of city,
pfecin or eleclion,disttict, or Of any
conn lot soHsb divided, shall no! be
flltd hin the space OF fifty days after
thoh thePrqsidont shall i'm
7aYaa hraft for oee yesr 70
80 ui6iieAsa0d ia case u
ans asch draft 10 payment of money
shall Do accepted or received by tho gov,
erumeni, as cbmmulation to rclosse any
ensollsd or drafted man, from personal
obligation to perform military service.
ltshull notbe lawfuiIor the executive
Of any Of the States to send restuiting
agents inlo any ofthe States declared TO
bo in rcballion, except the Stat Ar
kansas, ,Fennessee and LouisiansSabd tC
frecruitSolunteers under any call, under
the ptoyisions Of this eei, who shall bC
crglited to the State aBd tho respective
subj Visions thereof, which aiOy procure
the tdiistment.
Other sections provide that drafted
men, substitutes and volunteers. shal
choose (which arm Of the service, sgsski
far as practicable, which battery or reg
iment they will enter that persons en-
listed Under The age Of 10 years shAllbl
discharged, and the recruiting office
who knowingly Onlists such aSpsrsoT
shall be dismissed from the service; ihni
a hundred per cent,iD addition 10 Iht
number of men requirsddhallbe drafted
that drafted men shall bSalowed trans.
portatioA,o the rendezvous, and whep
discharged, lranspotoliou 10 their homes
that towns shall rccoisp credit fol
persons who entered the naval sslgics
"a.
priOrlO February "a, lpet;tbst drsltsd
'men absent from home shall hayo area,
enable time u which Is report; and thai
nothing contained in this acl is 10 Be
construed to alter In any way aiiect
the law relative tothoIe cOnsciOnliOusly
opposed to bearing arms, or to aaiei
thoitiglfts OfpsrsOdsto 10 procure s
tuLss "
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Anecdote of Weiltngiou.