Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-02-17
THE MILITARY BILL.

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Section It provides that al white men, residents OF
the ConGderate Staos between the ages Of II ard 90,
sha he in the service Of the Confederate States during
the war. q
and As now in service shall be retained during tne pre-
ecnt war in the same organization IN which they were
serving at the passage of this act unless they are rgu
Io,lv d1scharged or transferred Companies from one
State who we're put into organizations from another
State shall be transferred, provided they expressed
their dissent at the time they we're placed 10 SAID Or
e4IiEAtion Individual soldiers are allowed me same
privilege. .,.,.,o, 90 -,
months from the lst OF April Dext, bounty o. one
hundred dollars in sir per cent Government ooho,
Al AL be paid to each non-commisiond o1oer ana pri
vate then in service.
Sectou provides that no person shall be relieved
from The operation Of this act by reason OF having teen
droharged where no Disability now exists nor by rea-
son of having furnished substitute; but no person VINO
has heretofore be exempted on account oil religious
opinions and paid the required tax shall co required to
render military service.
Section 5 provides that all between II and Is years
Of age shall form reserve corps not 10 serve OUT VI
the State in which they reside.
Section provides that the lat named persons shell
elect their own regiment and company ocers, ana be
entitled TO the pay and allowances IS troops IN the
field
Sscton proyides that any person of the las named
failing to attend at the place Of rendezvous within thirty
diva as provided by the President without Sufcient
reason shall be made to in the fsld during The
war.
hospital guards and clerks and OF clerks, GUARDS,
egents employees as laborers in the CommisJry ana
Departments in the ordnance bureau and
navy denots and al similar duties, shall be performed
by persons who declared, by board OF surgeons
"a unable % perform military servca IN the field The
President NAV detail such bodies OF troops orndivduals
n ed unda lha
act between ~ and T0 may DO needsd for thu dis
oaatee of ouch duties persons between seventeen and
eighteen years Of ege shall not be assigned 10 such
duiea The President ia empowered to detail artzinsi
mechanics or persons of scientific SKILL to perform in
dspensable dulles in the departments or bureaux herein
mentioned
Section provides that auy quarermas;er or assist
ant duarterm ases commsssry or assistant commssary
(o;ner than those serving in the hsl5 or ocer In the
ordnance bureau, or navy agent or provost marshall or
officer in the conscript service, who ths hereafter
tain or employ any person subj 10 military duty Gs
herein provided, shall be cashered
Section 10 repeats all existing exemption lave, and
exempts the following:
l. All who shal be held unfit for military srTice,
under rules to be prescribed By the Secretary of War
q The Vica-Prtsdsn Of the Confederate States; the
members add officers of Congress, OF the several Sse
legislatures and such other Confederate and State OFF,
GERS a. the President or the Governors Of the respective
States may certify TO DO necessary for the proper adj
mnisration OF the ContSoerate or otate government
as the case may DO.
3 Every minister CT religion authorised TO preach
according TO toe rules Of his church, and whc at the
pasta &c of this act shall be regularly employed in the
discha gs Of his mnse dunes; sup srnIendent3 and
nhysoiSus of asylums OF the deaf, dumb, blind and in
ga enc editor for each newspaper bsiog Published at
the time Of tho passage of this act and suc employees
"a said editor may certify cash TO be Indispensable
TO the publication OF such Newspaper the public prin
ter oil the Confederate and STATE governments, and
such journeyman printers az the said public printer
shall certify on oath TO be indispensable 10 perform the
public printing one skilled apOthecAry in each apohe
cary store, who doing business as tuh apotaecary
on the 10 day of October 1862 and has continued
eaid buiness without inlermssion, sGce that period
all physicians tie sgs OF 30 years who are now,
and have been for the last yeas, 10 the practice
of their profession but the term scians shall not
Include deatisis
1.-The old law exists covering professors and teachers
AI superiniendents of public 'ho pitsls Established
BY Law before the passage OF this act and such eR-
poyees as the said superintendent shall certify on oath
to BE- essential 10 the management thereof
There al al be exempt oIe prison as owner or ag-
rcuturist each farm plantation upon which there
are nov and wsre the lst day of January last fifteen
abe-boi field hands between the ages of l6 and So
upon the following conditions: l. This exemption sha
ONLY be graned in cases in which there white male
adult on the farm plantation mot liable TO military
duty nor unless the peIson claiming the exemption was
on the lst day OF January 1864 eli her the owner and
manager or of said plantation, but in no case
sha mora than prison be exempted for cne farm or
plantation 2 Such person shall first execute bond
psyabls 10 the O0nfedeats StMes OF America in such
form and with such security and in such penalty the
Secretary of War may prescribe, conditioned that he will
deliver 10 the Government at some railroad depot, or
such other place or PAGES as may be designated by tAs
Secretary Of War ,whia twelve months next ensuing
one hundred pounds Of bsco or at the election Of the
Government Is equivalent in pork, and hundred
pounds of net bse (aid beet to be delivered on foot
for each able-b died slave said TARA plantation
within tbs above said ages whether said slaves are in
the fed not which said bacon or pork and beef shall
paid for by the Government at The price fixed by the
Commissioners of the SatO under the mpTess nent act
PROVIDED that when the person thus exempted shall
produce satisfactory evidence that has been imposs
bic for him. by the exercise Of proper diligence to fur
nsh the amount OF meat thus contracted for and taye
an adeql ae supple for the subsistence of those living
on said farm the Secretary OF War shall direct COM
mutation OF the came TO tho extent OF two-thirds
thereof in grain other provisions TO be delivered by
such person 50 aforesaid at equivalent rates
g. Such person shall Furthermore bind himself TO sell
the marketable eupus of provisions and grain now on
hAnd and which he may raise from year 70 year, While
the exemption continues TO the Government or TO the
families of solders prices fixed by the Comm soners
Of the State under the mpressment act: Provsdsd,
That any pss IN, exempted as aforesaid, shall BE- ent-
He'd to credit of % per cent on any amount of meat
which he may deliter within three months from the
passage of this set ProsiGsd, further, That persors
coming within the provision OF this exemption shall
not be deprived of the benefit thereof by reason Of
having been enrolled since the lst day Of February,
1854
In addition to the foregoing exemptions, the Sec
rotary Of War may under the direction OF the Pres-
dent exempt detail such other persons as he may be
satisfied ought to be- exempted on account of public
necessity and to insu:e hs production Of grain and
other provisions for tho army and for the families of
soldiers. He may also grant exemptions or details on
such terms as he may prescribe such ogerseer farm
ers or planters, as he may be satisfied win be more
fu TO The country in the pursuits of agriculture than in
the military service; PrOvidss, That such exemption
shall cease whenever the farmer planter overseer
shall fail diligently to employ in good faith his own
skill, capital and labor exclusively in the producton-of
erain aud other provisions 70 be sold to tie Govern
met and the famies Of soldiers at such prces not
ccedng those fixed ct the ma for the articles by the
If ,ha Stata nndar tha i'm oressment act