Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-07-14

of any county not so sub divide
shall not be filed within the space
fifty-days after such call, then Il
: President shall Immediately order
draft for one year to fill such quot
or any part thereof, which may B
untitled; and in case of any such draf
no payment of money shall be accep'
f ed or received by the Government q
Communication to release ans enrolle
or .afted man from personal obliga
tions to perform military service.
1t shall be lawful for the Executiv
of any of the States to send recruit
ing agents into any CT the States de
clared to be in rebellion, except tn
States of Arkansas, Tennessee ant
Louisiana, and to recrnit volunteer
under any call under the provision!
OF this act, who shall be credited Il
the State and to the respective sub
divisions thereof, which may procure
the enlistment. m '.r
Drafted men, substitutes and velun.
teers. when mustered in, shall be or
ganized in or assigned to regiments
batteries, or other organizations from
among those of their respective
States which at the time of their as.
signment may not be filed to theil
maximum number. "i .of -.
The twentieth sectien of an act en-
titled San act to amend an an act
entitled an act for enrolling and call
ing out the national forees,' appro-
we'd February "a, 1864, shall be con-
strued to mean that the Secretary oil
War shall dischars e minors under the
age of eighteen years under the cir
cumstances and on the conditions
prescribed in said section: and hereaf.
ter if any officer of the United States
shall enlist or muster into the military
service any person under the age of
sixteen years, with or without the
consent of his parent or guardian.
such person so enlisted or recruited
shall be Immediately and uncon6i-
tionally discharged upon the repay
ment of the bounty received; and
such recruiting or mastering officer
who knowingly enlists a person un-
der eighteen years of age shall be
dismissed the service, with the forfeit
ure of all pay and allowances, and
shall be subject to such further pun
ishment as court martial may de-
eide. fs .-g r..|
Sixth--Section three of ali act en-
titled IAN act to amend an act enti-
tied an act for enrolling and calling
out the national forces and for other
purposes approved Feb "a, 1864,
shall be aud the same hereby is
amended so as to authorize and di-
rect district provost marshals, under
the direction of the Provost Marshal
General, to make a draft for one
hundred per centum in addition to
the number required to fill the quota
of any district as provided by said
section.
Seventh-That instead of travel
Ing pay. all drafted persons report
ing at a place of rendezvous, shall
be allowed transportation from their
places of residence, and persons dis
charged at the place of rendezvous
shall be allowed transportation to
their places of residence. ...
Eighth-All persons in the naval
service of the United States, who
have entered said service during the
present rebellion, who have not been
credited to the quota of aly town,
district, ward or State, by reason of
their being in said service, and not
enrolled prior to February oath, 1864,
shall, on satisfactory proof of their
residence, made to the Secretary of
War, be enrolled and credited to the
quotas of the town, ward, district or
State, in which they respectively re-
size. Z, .-llst. ~
Ninth-If 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 notified
IS soon as may be, and he shall not
be deemed deserter, nor liable as
such, until notice has been given him,
and reasonable time allowed for him
to return and report to the Provost
Marshal Of his district; but such alb
serice shall not otherwise affect his
liability under this act tir
Tenth and Eleventh. - Nothing
contained in this act is to be con-
strued to alter or in any way affect
the law relative to those conscien-
tiously opposed to bearing arms, or
to affect the rights of persons to pro-
cure substitutes.