The Southern motive. (Greensboro, Choctaw, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1864-05-07

cast. and sixty days for those wcst of
the Mississippi river; and any person
who shall iail 50 10 enroll himself with
out reasonable excuse therefor tp be
judi scd of by the President shall bs
plA ed IN service n the field for the war
"a the same m00n9r n though he AcrG
betW cen the ages Of eighteen and forty
i've; pI divided that the person mention
Cd in thIs section shall constitute 4 re-
serve 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 fifth section Of this act 10 enroll
themselves may, within thirty days Af.
ter tho passage thereof. east Of the MIS-
sissippi river, ar within sixty days
west Of the sal 1 riveI, form themselves
INTO voluntary organizations of com.
panics, battSliohs )r regiments and
clec. their own othC eI a-said OrganiZa-
tions to confirm 10 the existing law,
and having 40 organized,IO TO tender their
services as volunteers during the war
20 the President and il such organIza-
tons shall furnish proper muster rolls.
as now required. and deposit a cory
thereof with the enrolling officer OF
theil district (Which Will bs equivalent
TO enrollme ~, they may be accepted
as minute men for service ia such
State; but in no event tO bc taken "ut
n il Those who do not 80 volunteer
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be'ure provided, Hn1 nay. by the Pres
idont be required To aSSSsNllo 81 places
Of rcndczvoua. and be formed into tom
psnies bait lions ard regiments, under
regula tIOn> TO 10 prescribed by him.
aud shall have the right TO clecI their
90 npnny and rcgimcntal officers and
all troops organized under this act for
State defence shall be entitled, while in
actual service. 10 the same pay and al
lowahce as troops in thS field.
Soc. 2, That any person who shall
lail TO attend at the place of rendezvous
as required BY the authority OF the
President. without u sufficient cxcn>e.
TO be Judged OF W him, shall be liable
to bo placed in service in the held for
the war as il he were between the ages
Of eighteen end fortyfve years.
SEQ. 3. That hereafter the duties oil
provost and hospital guards and clerks.
Of clerks, guards, sgents, emplyees, or
laborers in the commissarie's aud quar-
terma-tsr departments, in the ordnance
departm mt, and clerks and onpIyees of
navy agents, as also in The execution
of the enrolment acts. and all similar
duties, shall be performed BY persons
who are within the ages OF eighteen
and forty five years, and who by t'c
report of board Of army surgeons.
shall be reported as unable 10 perform
active sc rvice in the field, but capable
OF performing some Of the above said
duties, specifying which, and WHOM
thoee persons shall have been assigned
to those duties as far "a practicable
the President shall assign or detail to
their performance such bodies OF troops
or individuals, required 10 be enrolled
under the fifth section Of this act, as
may be needed for the discharge OF Surh
duties: Provided, that persons between
the ages of seventeen and eighteen
shall be assigned TO those duties; Pro
vided further, that nothing in this act
shall be so construed as to prevent the
President from detailing artlzanS.. me-