Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-07-30

ruin. volunteers may Dc TeCelVeu NaO
are between the ages Of eighteen and forty
bve years. Youth between sixteen and eigh-
teen years may be received with the consent
of thrir parents OF guardians. The enlie.-
ment Ut boys under sixteen years of age ia a
military offence in the officer who recruits
them, who may be punished therefor.
Sixth. Volunteers, whether white or col
ored, receive the Government bounty, ac-
cording to the time for which they agree to
serve. For one year, 800; for two years,
$500; for three years, 5000. These amounts
are paid in installments. To one years |
volunteer, when mustered in, S33, ,S3 /; to a
two years recruit, S66,6G to three years |
recruit, 500 Two other installments are |
to be paid to the volunteer or MS represen- |
tatlyes during the term of service.
Seventh. The monthly pay Of private, |
either volunteer, substitute or drafted man, |
Is sixteen dollars month. Non commits |
stoned and commissioned officers receive an |
increased pay beyond the rates which were
allowed before the last session of Congress
Eighth. Drafted men receive no bounties
from the Federal Government, and v- pre-
sume they will not receive any from the
town or county to which they belong.
Ninth. Substitutes for drafted men, or
for men liable to draft, furnished in advance
vi EtCClNt DOuutlCs llDih tue
Government. In Philadelphia, if they 20
for three years, they will receive two hun
dred and fifty dollars, and for u lesser term
in proportion.
Tenth. Representative substitutes for
persons not liable to draft, are considered
US volunteers. and receive the Federal and
municipa; bounties, and whatever their prin-
cipal agrees to pay them.
Eleventh NnluntpprS and rpDrpspntatiy iyp
substitutes may be mustered in cor one, two
or three years, as they may elect
Twelfth. Substitutes for drafted men, or
men liable to draft, may he accepted for one
two or three years, according to the time
that the principal would have to serve, or
as he may engage them.
Thirteenth. Representative substitutes
for persons not liable to draft, may DC per
sons who are liable to draft.
Fourteenth. Substitutes for persons liza
Bile to draft, furnished before drattidg, must
rot themselves be liable. They may either
he aliens, veterans or sailors who have ser
ved two years and been honorably discharg-
ed, or the citizens ofthe States in rebellion,
or slaves of rebel owners
Fifteenth The principal shall be exempt
from draft during the time that the said sub
.titute " not Liable to Graft. NOT exceeding
the time for which the substitute shall be
accepted
Sixteenth. The UNited States no longer
pays premiums for the procurgtion of re-
Cruits.
/ Seventeenth Men frrnished nnder the
call of July Is, 1864, whether enlisted fot
cue. two or three years, as well as all excess
or deficiency of three years mea on calls
heretofore made, will count as lnan for man.
The equalization of sHc amount of military
service rendered 10y the different States and
parts of States will be effected hereafter.
Eighteenth. \ substitute for an enrolled
man is credited, and. therefore, deducted
/ from the quota of the locality he cnlsts in.
Nihetoeth. An enrolled man furnishing
/ an alien a. a substitute is exempt for the
! time of service of the substitute. unless the
| alien becomes citizen. or declares his in
/ tention to become so, in which case the sub
stitute is liable TO draft, and his principal
, likewise.
/ Twentieth. A man may enlist in the
army or navy for three years as a Substitute
4 II in the navy, he must be twenty three
/ years old.
Twenty first. Recruiting agents in Rebel
States must have letter OF appointment
from the State Executive. The particular
/ field of State in which the agent is To opc.
! rate, is to bc specified in the letter of ap
poiutment. All recruiting agents will he
subject to the rules and articles of war 1t
is made the duty of the commanding officer
: of any department or district in which le
cruiting agents operate, and of commanding
officers of rendezvous, to order back to his
state or arrest and hold for trial, as he may
deem best any recruiting agent who shall
commit frauds upon the Government or rc,
cruitS. or who shall violate the instructions
issued to govern this recruitment, or bl
guilty ~ any offence against military law
No man shall DC recruited who is already
in the military service us q soldier, tcamstcr
laborcr, guide, &c, or who IS so employed
10y the military authorities aS to hc of i'm
portuncc 10 military operations. Recruits
procured under this privilege must he de
livcrcu 10y the recruiting agents at one ot
I the following named rendezvous, namely -
Camp Casey, Washington, ID. c.; for North
east Virginia; Camp near Fortress Monro,
tor Southeast Virginia ; Camp Ncwbern, y
c., for North Cayolina Camp Hilton Head
). c., for South Carolina and Florida CAM
: Eicksburg, Miss, for Mississippi and CAM
Nashville, Tenn, for Georgia and Alabama
Twenty-sccond. If it is desired to pu
any OF the volunteer recruits from the rebel
liouS States into service as substitutes be
fore or after the draft, they must be sen
without expense To the Government 10y th,
recruiting agent to the district in which tn,
principal is enrolled, and there he mustcrcC
in by the Provost Marshall, who will issr
the proper substitution papers. 1t is mad,
the duty of commanding officers to ailorl
to recruiting agents all such facilities IA the!
can provide without detriment to jhc pub
ilc service, and prevent recruiting by un
authorized parties.
Twenty-third. The enlistment of hundred
day men does not operate to reduce the liza
bility of the district from which he volun
tccrs. But ii any hundred day man is draft
cd his hundred days service counts in re
ducing his term Of service.
Twenty-tourth. Although the volunteer
are taken for one year.
There is sufficient in these statements, w
think, to arouse the attention of every citi
zen to the necessity of doing all he can I,
meet the emergency which will come on til,
9TH OF September. Atter that day all Gov