The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-11

ye ~ ltom ana amer the passage Of this
- ~ wklse nea, resden's Of ans eon ns ss
Seji 81 IS ne m,Iitary service Of the Confederate
g u. e, ,,ss -. :a, .s ,s,.sss
NO. sAsiI s resaWeA, Aarias the preseat war with
90 OaSleA Ssatss, tssihe same regimen,s, hauai-
~ cs1psssss % wn,sa snsy belong at .s
1UedSe, uueUsD vegutosty tsassfered or disohareed
n accordance with ihstaws and regulations fos the
Govsrnmsua &C t,s Amy: Pree.ded, THAT c"mpa
nice ffoea ose state ID sNltsi asaiss, their con.
sent, expressed ~ the tide, with testmsnta hat
sAllons 6om snothas STATE shall have the privilege
0f bsiae innaferred 10 organizations of tcoops IN
the came arm Of the sesviee from the States In
which the said cpmpasies were raised, and soldiers
ffom oae State in cosapaaies ftom another State
shall be allowed. &c th~y desife Il, tfansfer % or
Gaslsssioas from theft own sisis Ia tho same arm
&C ne D1vicc.
oee .. That, n the expiration ofsix months fo,~
he 0vss day OF April next, bounty es one hun
deed 4n1lAra, In q SIX per cent. Government bond,
which the Secretary Of the Treasury Is hereby au
sAOstsed h tesue, shall be paid 10 every non com
AaNeoaed cthcer, ansician, and private, who shalt
ten be In the services or Ia the event Of his death
psevio1s The period OF such payment. then to The
pssea Q. persons who would be entitled ny law to
- satltisd n the bounty herein provided who shall
Il any time dutins the perloi of six months next
ASeDs iAe sid 6fst day OF April be absent from his
CUuAAand without leave.
Sec 1. That 40 person shall be relieved from III,
OpefasfOn Of this act by reason ot having been here
tefest discharged from the army where no disability
NOW oxists, nor shall those VITO have furnished
sNLStltutea be any longer exempted by reason
tkOeofs RfeuSdSd, That no person heretofore eN-
0op1ea - 1cc0upt OF religious opinions, aud W no
Ina pelA the tax levied 70 relieve him ffoGi service
shall BE- required IN render military service under
see s That a! wAlss male 1ss,aeass Of the Con-
fhrmsel1o NJ such times and places and under
snnh regulations ~ the President may prescribe,
80 dine allowed not being less than ihifty DAYS
fns slosc east, and sixty days tH those west o. ''e
NGisaiesipp river; and any person who sha'i IAN 81
n eufoIl himsei, without reasonahie eNc"s'
shere(or, 20 be judged OF by the President, sha De
j DlaceA Ia service In the field for the war IN thr
sone manner as though he were between the ages
- eisieeen aud forty dvs: PToritt, That the Per
sons mentioned Ia this section shaif constitute 4
resrYyc for Stats defence and detail duty and shall
MOI BE- required to perform service Out % the S'e
Sec 6. That al persons required by the tiiti'
SECTION Of this act 10 enroll themselves may, with
In thirty days after the passage hereof east nj the
Mississippi DIVER, and within sky days, II west OF
said YiveT form themselves into voluntary orsaniza
tiope of companies, battaIons oi regiments, and
elect their officers-said organization to con
fosm to the existing law; and having 30 ofSahzra-
m tender their services voiun GERS during the
war 70 the President; and If such organization
shall furnish proper muster rolls as no" required,
and deposit copy thereof with the enEsoling ON
Ger If the d strict. (Which shall be edn:Taichl 20
for aeryfce In snch State but in no event to IL
taken out OF il. Those who do not volunteer ana
organise shall enroll themselves as be'Gr" FroTih' H.
and NAV by the President he required ~ assemble
Al places uf rende zvous, ard be formed into com
panies bhftlI!uns and regiments, u"der ftEHia
lions 10 ba prescribed By him, and shall have me
right 10 elect their company ana feB'c'th'a' on
cers: and all troops organized uiiter th5 hri i"f
Htaie defence shall be entitled while In actual scr
vice, 70 the same pay and allowances rs t:nops
low In the field
Ia hall full n nd
Ut the pisces OF rendezvous As required by Ire
authority of the President, without sufficient rs-
ruse 10 be- Judged Of by him, shall be liable IN bf
aced 10 service In the field for the war, As II he
wsre between the ages of eighteen and fofy 1--WE
years.
Sec 6. That hereafter the duties Of provost aus:
hospital guards and clerks, OF CLERKS, guards,
agents employ aes, OF ltbo,e:s In M TaiHm!ssary
and uuauerInasteI's Departments, ia tee odd
nance Department, and clerks aat employee M
navy agents rs also In the execution of The enroll!
nsnt acts, and all similar duties, shalt b. per
formed by persons who are within the ages 81
eighteen and and forty five years, aid who, by HE
report OF hoard Of army surgeons, shall be re
ported as unable to perform active service in the
eld, but capable of performing some OF the above
Iusmed dulles, specifying which, and when these
persons shall have been assigned to those duties
lar as practicable, the President shall detail or
sign 10 their performance such bodies o troops az
iJtvduals, required be enrolled under the iiith
rec,Ion OF this act az may be needed for the dis
charge Of such duties Provided, That persons be-
tween The ages Of seventeen and eighteen shall not
be assigned to these duties: i'ocids further, That
poihing contained In this act shall be construed
AZ TO prevent tic President from detailing ;triiEiis
mechanics, or persons OF scientific skill TO perform
Indispensable duties In the departments or bureaus
herein mentioned.
See. 9. That any Quat;ermas:er or as-isiaai
QuaTteEmasteT, cOmuiissaIy or assistant comGssa
~, (other thin those serving with regiments and
bri2ades In the field OF officer in the ordinance
hureaux, or navy agent, or provost ntarshal, or obi
~ n th0 cuuScY.nt service. who shall hereafter
employ or retain In his employment any person IN
any Of their said departments or bareanx, or in any
nf the duties mentioned In the eighth scctioh !
this act, In violation of the provisions hereof, st,
on conviction thereof, by court martha. or mill
lazy court, be cashicred and il shall be The duly
al any department or district omiIf-Hder, upon
tsuor ty the oath Of any credible person, Thai any
rueh officer has violated this provision, mnicdih,e
~ 10 relieve such officer from duty; and said com
IDandeS shall take prompt measures 10 have hiih
EIed for such offence, and any commander as
aforesaid failing to perform the duties ebjoined by
this section, shall, upon being duly convicted
theEe09, be dismissed from the service.
s3ec. 10. That all laws granting exemptions from
military service be, and the came hereby repeat
I'd, end hereafter none shall be exempted except
Abe following:
4. An who shall be held unit for military ser
si0e under rules 10 be prescribed by the Secrrtafy
IL. Thu vice-Presideht OF the Coniedesai States;
,hs members and officers Of Congress, ANA Of the
SrveFal State Legislatures, and such 0'ter Confed-
crate aud State officers as the President or tie GOV
aSnorS ~ the respective states may ceftiit 10 bs
necessary for the proper administration Of the Con
federaie atiie Governments, as the case may be
III. Every minister OF religion authorized u
preach according 10 the rules OF his church, ard
who, ut the passage Of this act, shall! be regularly
eDpIayed In the discharge of bis ministerial duties
-upeThtendenis and physic ms OF nsyiuitr for The
deaf, dumb and blind aHd Of iae insane; one rt!i0'
ios each newspaper being published at the time !"
lhe passage or THIS act, aEd such employees As All
~tiitOF may certify ON oath 10 BE Indispensable 70
the publication of such newspaper; the public
u infaT Of the confederate and State Governments
aud such jOumsymtn printers as the said public
printer shalt certify oath 70 ha Indispensable II
perform The public printing; "se skilled aP"h"cafs
Ia e.ic ap0tsiecary store, Who was deine business
~ suei aphIhecaIy on tl,r tenth day q! October
alvLueen hundred and sixty two and has ceniih,.Sd
said business, without ialrrmissi0n, since thai Pc
rod, all physlciaIs over The age OF tpii:y wear.
who nov are, and tor the iast seven year, has,
been. In The actua, and regular practice 0i ii.ei
prfe sion, but the term physician shat! moi Include
tteatisT; all presidents and teachers oi colleges
theological seininaIies, academies, aud schools
who have heeB regular engaged n such for tw0
years Bext bc1ofe The passage of this ar; Provided
that the benefit OF this exemption sha extend IL
those teachers only whose schools are composed 81
twenty students or more all .HpeTintendents al
public hospitals established i.y law before pas
sage Of this act, and such physicians ana nurses
therein as such supefntend, shat, Certify on oath
10 be Indispensable 10 the proper aud efic;en!
sYsment thereof.
~. There shall be exempt oas person q, Oyer
seeS or agricultural 81 Gu each tasm or plantation,
lIbOn which there now, aud were upDn tie Is,
day Of January tasi, fifteen able bodied eid hand
between the ages et sixteen and CITY, upaa tn.
following eoEditlaRa /. This exemption shall o. ~
he granted Ia cases In which there IL ms " hi,c
mae adult on the farn, ar plantation not sable TO
s0tttaTy service nor unless the person claiming U {
~-eupiioA was, On tue LET day OF Janusfy eisitee
dfed and sixty four, either The cwaaf ami nan