Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-07-14
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St. eIairsviIIe, Ohio. July II.
me New EnroIIment Law.

as passed by both Houses of.Congress:
.~--, AN ACT
Further to regulate aud provide for the en-
rolling and calling out of the national |
forces, and for other purposes.
The President Of the United States may, |
st his discretion, at aay time hereafter, call |
for any number of ,nen as volunteers, for |
the respective terms Of one, two and three
years, for military service, and any such |
volunteer. or. in case Of draft, as herein
after provided, any substitute. shallbe cred
tied 10 the town, township, ward, or city
precinct, or election district Of county,
toward the quota of which he may have
volunteered or engaged as substitute, and
every volunteer who is accepted and muster
ed into the services for term OF one year,
unless sooner discharged, shall receive and
be paid bv the United States bounty OF
S1OO, and if for a term of two years, unless |
sooner discharged. bounty of 5000, and If
for term of three years, unless sooner dis !
charged, a bounty of $500; one-third Of
which bounty shall be paid to the soldier |
the service, one. third at the expiration Of
ons.haf oi his term of service, and ono
third at the expiration of his term Of ser
vice, ami in case Of bis death while ia the
service, then the residue OF his bounty un-
paid shal! be paid to his widow, if he shall
have left widow if not, to his children
or if there he none, 10 his mother, in case
she be widow.
In case the quota or any part thereof Of
any town, township, ward Of q city, precinct
OF election district, or OF any county not so
sub divided, shall net be filed within the
space of ffty days after such call, then the
i. .esident shall Immediately order draft
for one year to gill such quota or any part
thereof which may be untitled; and in case
of auy such draft, DO payment OF money
shall be accepted or received by the Gov.
ernment as Communication to release any en-
rolled or drafted man from personal obliga.
tion to perform military service, ..
It-shall be lawful for the Executive of
any Of the States to send recruiting agents
into any of the States declared 10 be in re-
bellion, except tho States Arkansas,
Tennessee and Louisiana, and to recruit
volunteers under any call under the provi-
sions of this act who shall be credited to
the State and TO the respective subdivisions
thereof which may procure the enlistment
+ Drafted men, substitutes and volunteers,
when mustered in, shall be organized in or
assigned to regiments, batteries or other or
ganizntions Of their own States, and. as fur
as practicable, shall, when assigned, be per.
mittcd to select their own regiments, bat.
teries or other organizations from among
those Of their respective States which at
the tine OF their assignment may not be
filled 10 their maximum number.
The twentieth section of an act rntilJed
An act to amend an act entitled au act for
enrolling dcalling out the national }nrces,
approved February "a, 1864, shall be con
strued to mean that the Secretary vf Wal
shall discharge minors under the age ot
eighteen years, under the circumstances and
on the conditions prescribed in said section
and hereafter if aug officer of the United
States shall enlist or muster into the mill
tary service any person under the age o
sixteen years with or without the consent
OF his parent or guardian such person sc
enlisted or recruited shall be Immediately
and unconditionally discharged upon the re
payment Of the bounty received; aud sucl
recruiting OF mustering officer who knowing
ly enlists person under sixteen years o
age shall be dismissed from the service, Will
the forfeiture Of all pay and allowances, AM
shall be subject to such further punishment
rs a court martial may decide.
Six,h-Section three OF an act entitled
IAN act 10 amend an act entitled an act TO
enrolling and calling ont the national force
and for other purposes" approved Februar,
"a, 1864, shah be and the same hereby i
amended so as to authorize and direct dis
trict provost mnrshals, under the direction
of the Provost Marshal General, to make
draft for one hundred per centnm in addi
tion TO tho number required to I'LL the quoti
of any district AS provided by said section
Seventh-rhat instead Of travelling pay
all drafted persons reporting at a place o
rendezvous shall be allowed transportation
from their places of residence, and person
discharged at the place Of rendezvous shall
be allowed transportation to thoir place o
residence. f-H..r rt"
Eighth-All persons in the naval seryic
Of the United States, who have entered sal,
service during the present rebellion, VIII
have not been credited to the quota Of an
town, district, ward or State, by reason O
their being in said service, and not enrolle
prior to February Gath, 1864, SHALL on sa,i,
factory proof Of their residence made /
tho Secretary Of War, be enrolled and cred
tied to the quotas OF the town, ward di,
trict or State, in which they resocctivel
reside.
Ninth. If any person, duly drafted
shall he absent irsm home in the prosecu
ton of his usual business, tho Proves
Marshal Of the district shall cause him 4
be duly notified as soon as may be, and h
shall not be deemed a deserter, nor abl
as SUCH until notice has been given to hin
and reasonable time allowed for him 4
return and report to the Provost Marsha
OF his district, but such absence shall no
otherwise affect his liability under this net
Tenth and Eleventh Nothing contane,
10 this net is TO he construed to alter or i
any way affect the law relative to those con
scieutiously OPT osed to bearing arms, or I
affect the rights OF persons to procure sui