The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-17

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nent rs!aive % iesszesnlioa ess pusished for the
Information Of those eoncss6sd
A. As. 70 inereass tie eAeisncy ot the smy bhy
ne employment Of ffee negroes and slaves In
certain capacities. -
WAsreas, the elaciency Of the army 10 greatly d.
minished by the withdrawal from the sanks Of able
bodied soldiers to act teamstess, aud In various
other capacities In which free negroes and slaves
might be advantageously employed; therefore,
The CoRgres efthe Confederate Stefes H Ans1fca
do sxao. That ali male free negroes and other free
persons Of color not nelsdisa s those Who are free
Of Spain Of 1919, resident in the Confederate
States between the ages Of l6 and so years, shall
be held liable to perform such duties with the army,
In connection with the military defsnccs of the
country, In the way Of WORK upon fOutifcatlons or
In Government works for the production or pfepa-
ration OF materials of was, OE In military hospitals,
. az the Secretary Of War OF the commanding Gene
raj Of the Trans Mississippi Department may, from
time to time, prescribe; and while engaged in the
performance of such duties shall receive ratiOns
and clothing and compensation At the rate Of eleven
1 dollars month, under such rules and regulations
as the said Secretary may establish Prorided,
That the Secretary OF War or the commanding
General Of the Trans Mississippi Department, with
the approval Of the President, may exempt from
the operations OF this act such free negroes a. the
interests Of the country may require should be
cmpted, or such as be may think proper to exempt
on grounds Of justice, equity, or necessity:
20 employ Tor duties similar those indicated in
the preceding section of this act, as many male
negro slaves, not to exceed twenty thousand, ~ in
furnishing them, while employed, with proper
ratOns and clothing. under rules and regulations TO
be established by him. and paying 10 the owners Of
said slaves such wages as may be agreed upon with
event of she loss of any slaves while 90 employed,
by the act of the enemy by escape TO the enemy,
or by death inflicted by the enemy, or by disease
contracted while in any service required OF said
slaves, then the owners Of the same eha be entl-
tied to receive the full value Of such slaves, to be
ascsYtained BY agreement or BY uppraisement, un-
der the law regulating impressmonts, to be paid
under such rules and regulations as the Secretary
OF War may establish.
That when the Secretary Of War shall be unable
10 prOcurs the services Of slaves in any military
department. in sufficient numbers for the nee essties
OF the department, upon the terms and conditions
set forth In the presiding section hen be IL hereby
authorised to impress the services Of as many male
slaves, not TO exceed twenty thousand, a. may be
required, from time to time, to discharge the du :
ties indicated In the frat ssson OF this act, ac
oordfng to the laws regulating the impressment OF
slaves in other cases Providsd, That slaves % im-
pressed shall, while employed, receive the same "a
lions and clothing, In kind and quantity, as slaves
regularly hired from their owners; and in the event
Of their ioss. shall bs paid for 10 the Same man.
nsr, and under the same rules established by
the said impressment laws Pv0ctdsd, That II tho
owner have but one male slave between the ages
Of u and So he shall not be Impressed againSt the
will Of said owner: Proridsd fHrther, That free
negroes shall be first impressed and II there should
be deficiency Il shall be supplied by the Impress
ment Of slaves according to the foregoing provis-
ions: PROVIDED further, That In making the impress-
meht not more than one of every 6ve male slaves
between the ages of 10 and 8 shall be taken from
any owner care being taken to allow In each case
q credit for all slaves who may have been already
impressed under this act end who are still In ser
vice, or have died, or been lest while n service
ken in equal ratio frsm all owners In The same 10
sality, city, county or district.
(signed,) THOMAS s. BococH.
speaker House Of Representatives.
Z. M. T. HunrkR,
President pro Tar. Of the Senate.
Approved, February II, 1854.
(slsnod,) JlPvERsou DAvD.
II. The Bureau OF Conscripton win direct the
section of the aforesaid of the Mississippi
river, who are not un6t for the service required
from them, by reason Of physical or mental inca
pacity or tmbeciity, and shall assign them to the
performance of the duties mentioned In the act,
similar duties in any OF the military bureauX, or
with troops In the 6eld, as there may be any call
for euah service.
III. Applications Tor an exemption on the
grounds that the interests Of the country require IL,
or because 1t Is demanded BY justice, equity or
necessity, will be made ths enrolling officer In
writing, and will be disposed Of by him according
to the general directions contained In the regula-
lions published In orders No. -, under the "act TO
organize forces to serve during tlhs war;
". For the execution OF the sections In the
foregoing act, relative TO the empioyment and i'm
pressment Of slaves, the provisions OF orders No
iS6 0f The 0l.h October, 1o6o, Will Afford the re-
auisite rules for the guidance Of the military bu-
reaux and the commanding Generals, with modih-
cations hereafter mentioned. lst That slaves
shall not be Impressed when the services OF free
negroes can be obtained. ID. Slaves under the
age of - and above the age Of 10 are exempt. Sd.
The hire for slaves impressed shall be according to
the ratss ixed by the appraisers under the aet to
regulate lmpressmsnts. 4th. The limisauon % to
the term for which slaves shall be Impressed for
service shall be for twelve months instead Of the
term fixed by said orders, II the exigency shall re-
CURE II. t-s
y. All impressmsnts for service In the various
military bureaux under this aeg shall be hy special
order up0n application TO the War DepAytnent, dis
closing the efE0Ets that have been made % provide
other labor specified In the act, the necessity fol
tho inpressment, the plan psoposad 70 secure Il.
The 0anenl commanding the Trans- Mississip'
The law for that department.. BY order;
NIB Nv Adir and Insp'r Gen.