The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1864-11-22
TIE NEW MILITARY LAW.

TIE NEW MILITARY Law
| 4 Bill to organize forces serre during the Har
Sec l. That from and after the passage of this
all white men, residents of the Confederate States be-
tween the ages of II snd so, shall be in the military
| service of the Confederate States for the
Sec ,. That all the persons aforesaid, between the
ages of Is and 45, in service, shall be retained
during the present war with the United States in the
same regiments, batalions and companies to which
they belong at the passage of this act, with the
organization and officers unless regularly transferred
or discharged in accordance with the laws and regu-
lations for the government Of the army ProCed that
| companies from State, organized against their
consent, expressed the time with regiments
talons from another State shall have the privilege of
being transferred to organizations of troops in the
same arm of the service from the States in which said
companies raised; and the soldiers fl ON one
State in companies from another State shall be allow
ed, If they desire it, transfer to organizations from
| their own States, in the same of the service.
Sec 3. Be it further enacted That the expiration
of six months from the first day Of April next, bounty
of one hundred dollars in six er Government
bond which the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby
authorized to ISSUE shall be paid to every
mss;oned officer musician and private who shall then
be in service in the of his death previous
the period Of such payment then to the person per-
sous who would be entitled by law receive the
rearages of his pay bnt shall be entitled the
bounty herein provided, who shall time during
the period of six BIS next after the said first day
April, be absent from his command without leave
Sec f. Be it further enacted, That no person shall
having been heretofore discharged from the army,
where disability exists; shall those who
have furnished substitutes be any longer exempted by
reason thereof Ir0uidcd that person, heretofore
exempted on account Of religious opinions and who
has paid the tax levied to relieve him fl ON service
shall be required 20 render military service under this
act.
Sec 5. Be it further enacted, That all white male
residents of the Confederate States between the ages
of II and l8 and 45 and so years shall enroll them
selves such times and places and under such regu-
atons, rs the President may prescribe, the time al
lowed not being less than thirty days for those east
and sixty days for those of the Mississippi river
and any person who shall fail to enroll himself
without reasonable therefor, to be judged Of
by the President shall be placed in service in the field
for the war, in the same manner as though they were
between the ages of eighteen and fortyve: ProUaed
that the persons niioned in this section shall
titnte for State defence and detail duty and
shall not be required to perform service out of the
State in which they reside.
Sec 6. That all persons required by the 9Th section
of this act enroll hemselves may within thirty days
after the passage thereof east of the Mississippi river
aud within sixty days. if west of said river form them
selves into voluntary organizations of companies bat
a!!ons or regiments and elect their officers said
organizations to conform to the existing laws; and
having organized to tender their services youn
teers during the to the Presden and if such or
CARNATIONS shall furnish proper muster rolls now
organized, and deposit cop! thereof with the OIL
ing officer OF their district, which shall be equivalent
to enrolment, they may be accepted minute men
for service in such State but in to be taken
out of it. Those who do notso volunteer and organize
shall enroll themselves before provided; and may
by the President, be required to assemble at cenren
lent places of rendezvous and be formed organized
into companies battalions and regiments under regu-
latIOns to be prescribed by him; and shall have the
right elect their company and regimental officers;
and all troops organized under this act for State de-
fence, shall be entitled while in actual service to the
same pay and allowance as troops in the field.
Sec I. That any person who shall fail to attend at
the place of rendezvous required by the authority
of the President, without sufficient excuse to be
judged of by him, shall be liable to be placed in
in the field for the war; If he between the
ages OF Is and 45 years
Sec g. That hereafter the duties of provost and hos
pa guards and clerks and of clerks guards agents,
employees laborers in the Commssary and Quarter
masters Departments in the Ordnance Bureau, and
clerks and employees ofnavy agents also in the
cution of the enrolment act, and all similar duties,
shall be performed by who within the ages
of eighteen and forty years and who by the report
of Board of army surgeons shall be reported
BILE to perform active service in the field but capable
of performing of the above said duties specifying
which, and when those persons shall have been assign
ed to those duties as far practicable the President
shall assign or detail to their performance such bodies
OF troops individuals required to be enrolled under
the 9TH section of this act may be needed for the
discharge of such duties Proriaed that persons be-
tween the ages II and shall be assigned those
duties: ProUided FURTHER that nothing contained in this
act shall be construed to prevent the President
from detailing arzans mechanics, persons of scien
tifc skill, to perform indispensable dntieS in the de-
partments or bureaus herein mentioned
See O. That any Qnartermaster or Assistant Quar-
termaster, Commissary, -Commissary 10th
the field or officers in the Ordnance Bureau, Navy
Agents, Provost Marshall officer in the conscript
service, who shall hereafter employ retain in his
employment any person in any of their said depart
ments bureaus any of the duties mentioned in
the Sh section of this act in violation of the proyis
ions hereof, shall conviction thereof by court
martial CIR military court be cashered and it shall be
the duty of any department district commander, up
proof by the oath of credible person than any
such officer has violated this provision, edatey
relieve such officer from duty; and said commanders
shall take prompt measures have him tried for such
offence: and any commander aforesaid failing
perform the dnties enoned by this section, shall uFoh
being duly convicted thereof be discharged from the
service.
N REGARD TO EXEMPTIONS. -s+l
Sec 20 BE it further enacted That all laws granting
from military service be, and the
hereby repealed and hereafter shall be exempted
except the following
!. All who shall be held unfit for military service,
under rules to be prescribed by the Secretary of War
q The Vice President of the Confederate States the
members and officers of Congress and of the several
Legislatures, and such other Confederate and
State officers the President the Governor Of the
espective States, may certify to be necessary for the
proper administration of the Confederate or State