Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-07-21

the soil of other States, it becomes my duty to call
forth every man in the State able to bear arms fast
as they be armed, to aid 10 the defence or cur
homes our sltars, and the graves of ancestors.
7 am fully aware OF the Importance of the growing
crop of the State and have delayed this call as long as
the exigeDces will possibly permit, to enable the PEG
ole TO do the labor necessary TO secure the crop In the
Soube portion of the State, it is believed this will
be accomplished by the time this proclamation can be
generally published while ten days or two weeks longer
will enable those in the Northern half of the State TO do
most of their labor necessary to make the crop /
therefore, by virtue OF the authority II me vested
by the laws OF the State, do hereby order into active
military service all that part OF the reserve militia OF
this State between the ages OF 90 and 90 years. and all
between the ages Of sixteen and seventeen years, VINO
reside South of lire running East and vest acros the
territory of the State passing through the city OF Ma
con- to report to General q. w. Smith at Atlanta,
with the least possible delay and further ORDER that
all persons betWe sad ages subject 10 militia GUY
who reside North Of said line, report to den Smitn,
each leaving his home the goth OF this month, ara
repairing to Atana by the nearest and speedest route
also order all free white male persons in this State
between the ages of seventeen and nifty years who are
ex5mp trCm Confederate CONSUMPTION, and are DOT 40
seiuteiy unable to do militia duly, which disability
INST De shown by the certificate OF Surgeon properly
appointed nder The laws Of this State to report with
the militia Of their respective Counties as they are
subject to State militia duty. And further require
all Tree white male p7rs0ns between said ages IN this
State not 10 actual military service of the Coniederacy
except heTen exempted to report also, as cannot
suppose the President will claim ae exempt from militia
duty in this great emergency the large number oil able
! bodied young men who have Confederate details to
attend to various industrial ions and pursuits in
which they have military service to perform 1t
cannot surely be the intention of the Confederate Gov
eminent to place large number of young able to
do service 10 the organza0p to keep them out OF the
| bullet department. Hence, claim their aid IN the
field till this emergency is passed. and direct IN case OF
their refusal to report when others embraced in the call
respond that their neighbors who going to camp
arrest them and compel them TO 60. The time allowed
enables those Of them who planters, TO lay by their
crops, to approximate 50 near to completion, that
serious jury cannot grow out Of their absence, while
little damage will be done by tie temporary abser &c
from their places Of Confederate Tax Assessors, Col
lectOrs, Tanners Mechanics secret service men, nc,
as their business must entirely the enemy over
run the State All who respond to this Call, are re-
qured to arrest and cary with them all deserters with
| in their power at the time they start to camp.
The following ptrso1s not embraced in this call.
All commissioned off :ers of the Confederate States
detached local service all State officers and other
exemps from militia duy by the act to organize the
militia, and the act amendatory of that act
All persons ID the employment CT the Confederate
States in the cities Of Savannah, Augusta, Macon, Co
lumbus. Gnin, Atlanta, and Athens, who belong to
regularly organized military companies who drill fire.
queny and held for the local defence OF the place
against raids, NC.
All officers and employees of any railroad company
in this State who regularly and constantly en-
poyd in the service of said Road at the date of this
CALL All Telegraph operators and employees OF the
| Express company.
All persons employed in any cotton or woolen facto
~ or paper mill in t0s State, who have details from
tue State q Confederate Governments, condition
that they keep themselv organized military compa-
MES, prepared to d. all IA their power to defend the
factory in Of attack. Ih8 Mayor of each Of the
CT ties above Named and such policemen and iremen
be will certify to be inspensaby necessary to the pro
lection of tie city. All practcing physicians not
excl eding three in county to be selected by the Ine
oInrt in PnE hers II IT IL
lers as the court may testify actually neces-
sary at home, two agents Of the relief fund selec-
ted by the court for each county. All post masters
in cities, with their Necessary clerks aud one post
master in each county town, and all mail carriers
stanty engaged In that business. All State House
officers and thsr necessary clerks. The officers AID
guards of the Penentiary and the officers and en-
plQyees of the State Armory, a1d Card Factory, who
are required to drill twice week. military compa
ny, tor the defence Ct the capitol All pes IDS, who
main in counties in the of the enenJs lines all
who reside North Of the Blue ,e with the people
Of the counties of R4huo, Habersham White Lump
kin, Gimer Plckens and Dawson, on account Of the
great scarcity OF provisions and the distance they have
haul Them preserve the lives of the Inhabitants OF
those counties.
AS the Law of this State declares every man, subject
to militia duty who refuses to respond to this order to
be deserter and liable to be tried and punished as
such, all aids de camp al home, and all Justices of the
Inferior Courts. Sheriff. Clerks, Ocdinaries and Tax
Collectors and Receivers OF ak Returns of the 81 ate
VINO are STATUS OtcareG from military
hereby required to travel through their respective
counties constantly, and If ssary, arrest and send
forward ell pc soEs subject, who neglect reus9'to
report Ia case any OF those Ccers neglect this duty
and refuse themselves to report and aid in repeng the
enemy, Il is hoped all who in service will remember
them in future, and place faithful public servants
in positions OF responsibility. However weighy the
reasons each man might be oble to give for remaining
at home, there are more important reasons why be
should hasten to the front if he is able to travel.
me PainfOr f0rc
army and aid in driving back the enemy or be will drive
you back to the Atlantic, hurn your cities and public
buildings, destroy your properly and deyastate The fair
fields of your noble State.
If the Confederate Government will not send the
large cavalry force (now engaged in raidng ami rpel
ing rads to destroy the long line of railroad which
Gen. Sherman brings his supplies from Nashville, and
thus compel him to retreat with the oss Of most OF his
army, the peple of Georgia, who have already been
drawn upon more heavily in proportion to population
than these OF any other State in the Conederacy must
at all hazards and at sacrifice rush to the front and
aid the great comms Ter at the had Of CUR glorious
self sacrificing army, to dVe him from the soil Of the
Empire State.
beg you, fcloW citizens to reflect upon the magni-
tude OF the ISSUE
If Gen. Johnstons army is DESTROYED the Gulf States
are thrown open to the enemy and we are ruined. I'll
Gen. ShermaE's army is cut off the West is thrown
open to US TO the Ohio River, and all raids no Misss
sIpp1 Georgia aud Alabama will at once cease. fl
every citiz: Of Georgia will do his duty and the Pres
dent will permit Kentucky to rest free "om raids for
time, and will send Morgan and Forrest to operate
upon the railroad line Of communication, nearly three
hundred miles, in Shermans rear, which passes over
many bridges, through country destitute of supplies
the grand army of invasion be destroyed, and not
only State but the Confederacy delivered from
disaster bY the ttumnhart SUCCESS of our arms.