The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-07-15

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THE NEW CONSUMPTION ACT.
A Synopsis Of Its Provisions.
list. The President of the United States may,
at his discretion, at any time hereafter. call for
any number OF men as volunteers for the res
pective terms OF one, two and three years. for
| military service and any sue volunteer or
in case OF draft, as hereinafter provided. any
! substitute shall be credited to the town. town
snip ward. or c ty precinct or election district
| OF the county. towards the quota of which he
| may have volunteered or engaged as a snhsti.
tute; and every volunteer who is accepted and
mustered into the service for a term of one
| year. unless sooner discharged, shall receive
and be paid by the United States q bounty of
| 800 and if for term of two years. unless
| sooner discharged, bounty of 500 and if for
term OF three years, unless sooner discharg-
cd. a bounty of three hundred d..llars: one
third of which bounty shall be paid to the sol.
| der at the time of his being mustered into the
service One-third at the expiration of one-half
OF his term of service, and One-third at the ex-
| piratiOn of his term of service aud in case of
his death while in tho service then the residue
| OF his bounty unpaid shall be pad to his Wild
Ow, If he shall have left widow, if not, to his
children, or. if there be mono, to his mother. in
| case she be widow.
"a. In case the quota or any part thereof of
any town, township. ward of c IT, precint or
election district, or of any county not so sub.
divided shall not be filed within the space of
| fifty days after such call, then the President
shall Immediately order draft for one wear to
NIL such quota or any part thereof which NAV
be untitled and in case of any such draft. no
payment of money shall be accepted or re-.
ceived by the Government as communication tn
release any enrolled or drafted man from per-
sonal obligation 70 perform person Il service.
Sd. 1t shall be lawful for the Executive of
any OF the states to send recruiting agents into
| any Of the States declared to be In rebellion.
| except the Stat 8 of Arkansas, Tennessee and
Louisiana and to recruit volunteers under any
call under the provisions of this act who shall
be credited to the state and to the respective
| subdivisions thereof which may procure the
enlistment.
| 4th. Drafted men. substitutes, and volun-
teers, when mustered in. shall be organized in
or assigne. to regiments, batteries or other Or
| CARNATIONS OF their own States, and, as far as
practicable. shall. when assigned, be permit
ted 10 select their own regiments, batteries or
other organizations from among those of their
| respective States, which at the time of their
| assignment. may not be filed to their maxi
mum number.
| 5th The twentieth section of the act enti-
tied An act to amend an act entitled an act
for enrouing and calling out the national
forces. approved February "a, 1864, shall be
construed To nean that the Secretary of War
| shall discharge minors under the age of eigh
| teen years, under the c;rcums ances and on the
| conditions prescribed in said section: and
hereafter ii any officer or the United States
shall enlist or muster into the military service
| any person under the age of sixteen years. with
or without the consent of his parent or guar
dian, such person SO enlisted or recruited shall
be Immediately and Internationally discharp.
cd upon the repayment of all bounty received;
and such recruiting or mastering officer who
knowingly enlists person under sixteen wears
OF age shall be dismissed the service, with the
forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and shall
be subject to such further punishment as a
court martial shall decide
9th. Section three Ofan act entitled San act
to amend an act entitled an act for enrollinn
and calling out the national forces and for 9th
er purposes" approved February "a, 1864, be
and the same is hereby amended SO as to au-
thorize AID Direct Provost Marshals, under the
direction OF the Provost Marshal General, to
make draft for one hundred per centum in
addition to the number required to fill the
quota Of any district as provided by said sec
sion.
9TH. That instead oftravcling pay, all draft
ca persons reporting at place Of rendezvous
shall be allowed transportation from their
place Of residence, and persons discharged at
the place Of rendezvous shall be allowed trans
portatiOn to their places OF residence.
Sth. All persons 10 the naval service of the
United States, who have entered said service
during the present rebellion who have not been
credited to the quota of any town district.
ward Or State, by reason of their beirg in said
service, AID not enrolled prior to February "a
1864, ehall, on satisfactory proof CT their resi-
dence. nude to the Secretary of War, be en-
rolled and credited to the quotas of the town,
ward district, or State, in which they respect.
lively reside. .. .-- r,,.
9Th. Ii any person, duly drafted, shall he alb
sent from home in the prosecution of his usual
business, the Provost Marshal of the district
shall cause him to be duly notified as soon az
may be- and he shall not bc deemed deserter
no. liable as such, until notice has been given
to him and reasonable time allowed for him to
return and report to the Provost Marshal of his
district; but such absence shall not otherwise
affect his liability under this act. .-. ..
10th and l th-Nothing contained in this
act 10 to be construed TO alter or in anv way
affect the law relative 10 those cOnscieutiously
opposed to bearing arms, or to affect the rights
of persons to procure substitutes