Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1864-02-23
MILITARY BILL.

! Ml1I1AEG DAHL
sSrcTIoN /. That from and after the assag
of this act all white men, residents OF the Con
/ federate States, between the ages OF seventeen
and fifty, shall be in the military service OF tn
! Confederate States for the war.
s'SEoTIoN O. That al the persons aforesaid,oe
tween the ages of eighteen and forty-hve, now
in service, shall be retained during the presen
4 war with the United States, in the same regl-
mants. battalions and companies to which they
belong at the passage of this act, with the same
organization and officers, unless regularly trans
ferred or discharged, in accordance WITH the laws
J and regulations for the government OF the army
Provided, that companies from one state, organ
lied aganst their consent, expressed at tne eilne
with regiments or battalons from another State
shall have the privilege of being transferred &c
organizations of troops, in the same arm OF tne
service. from the States 10 which said compan
les V ere raised and the soldiers from one ntaee
in companies from another State, shall De aloW
ed, if they desire it, transfer to organizations
from their their oWn States, in the same arm ol 'he
4 service. 6s Ne
ssSEcrIoN 8. Be itfurtheq enacted, That at the
I exp piration OF six uaonins from the trst day o.
April next, bounty of one hundred dollars 10
six per eeat. Government bond, which the
Secretary of the treasury 10 hvssby evsshe er.zed
to issue. shall be paid to every non commission
ed officer. musician and private who then shall
be in the service, or in the event of his death,
/ previous to the period of such payment, then to
the person or persons who would be entitled by
law to receive the arrearsges OF his pay but no
one shall be entitled to the bounty herein provl-
ded who shall at any time, during the period
of six months next after the said first day OF
| April, be absent from his command @llhout
| leave. A
SFor1oN 4. BE it further enacted That no.per-
( son shall be relieved from the operation of this
| act by reason Of having been heretofore diachar-
ged from the army, where no disability now ex-
1 ists: nor shall those who have furnished substl-
tutes be any longer exempted by reason thereof:
| Preceded. that no person, heretofore exempted
on account of religious opinions and who nave
| paid the tax levied to relieve him from service
/ shall be required to render military service IN
der this act. :,
sSEoTIoN s. Be 1t further enacted, That all
| white male residents of the Confederate States,
| between tha ages of seventeen and eighteen and
forty-iye and fifty years, shall enroll themselves
| at such times aad places, and under such regu-
lations, as the President may prescribe, the time
allowed not being less than thirty days for those
east, and sixty days for those west OF the Mlssls-
sippi river. and any person who shall tail to en-
roll himself without reasonable excuse therefor
! to be judged of by the President. shall be placed
| in service in tbs field for the war, 10 the same
manner as though they were between the ages
of a;ohteen end forty-ive Provided that the
persons mentioned in this SECTION shall consti-
! tute reserve for State defence and detail duty
and shall not be required to perform service out
Of the State in which they reside.
/ .sSEoTIoN g. That all persons required by the
! 9Th sactioc of this act to enroll themselves may
within thirty days after the passage thereof east
Of the Mississippi river, and within sixty days. if
west of said river, form themselves into yolun-
| tary organizations of companies, battalions, or
| regiments, and elect their own officers said
! organizations to conform to the existing laws !;
snd having so organized, to tender their services
4 az volunteers during the war to the President; !;
| and if such organizations shall furnish proper
muster rolls, as now organized, and deposite a
conv thereof with the enrolling officer of their
district, which shall be equivalent to enrolment,
| thew NAV be accepted as minute men for service
| in such State, but in no event to be taken out
[ of it. Those who do not 80 volunteer and Or
ganize, shall enroll themselves as Defore proVi-
| ded: and may, by the President be required to
assemble at convenient places of rendezvous, and
| he formed or ocganiZed into companies, battal-
ions and regiments, under reg ulations to be pre-
4 scrihed by him: and shall have the right to e.
| Ieet their company and regimental officers; and
| ali troons organized under this act for State de.
fence. Shall be entitled, while in actual service
| to the same pay and allowance as troops now in
/ the field. %.tt
Section Z. That any person who shall fail to
attend at the place of rendezvous as required by
/ the authority Of the President without sufil-
cient excuse. to be judged OF by him, shall be
liable to be placed in service ip the field for the
war. as lie ere between the ages of eighteen
J and forty five years.
WSEeFIoN 8. That hereafter the duties OF pros
yost and hospital guards and clerks, and of clerks
guards. agents. employees or laborsrs IN the Com
missary and @ ,arternaster's Departments, in
the Ordnance Bureau, and clerks and employees
of navy agents, as also in the execution of the
enrolment act, and all similar duties, shall be
performed by persons who are within the ages
| of eighteen and forty-fv years, and who by
the report of a Board Of army surgeons shall be
reported as unable to perform aetlye service ! IN
the fold. bat capable of performing sone OF the
above said duties, specifying which, and when
those nersons shall have been assigned to those
duties az far as praciible, the President shall as
1 s;on or detail to their performance such bodies
of troops. or individuals, required to be enrolled
nndar the fifth section of this act as may be
headed tor the discharge of s1ah duties Pro0t-
dSd that peraons between the ages of seventeen
and e: gbteen shall be assigned to those duties
Prooided further, that nothing contained IN tins
act shall be so construed as to prevent the Pres-
ld0Qt from Qot1lHHS aAAoOhohioo3 VI ~.
sons of scientific skill, to perform indispensable
duties in the departments or bureaus herein men
toned.
/ s.SEcr1oN 9. That any Quartermaster, or AS
sistant- Quarter master, Commssary, or Assistar!
Commissary (other than those serving with bri-
gades or regiments in the feld,) or officers in
J the Ordnance Bureau, or Navy Agents, or Pro-
vost Marshal, or officer in the conscript service,
who shall hereafter employ or retain in his en-
ploynent any person in any of the duties men
toned in the eighth section of this act in viola
ton of the provisions thereof, shall ION conviction
4 thereof by a court-martial or military court be
cashisred; and it shall be the duty of any de-
partment or district commander upon proof, by
the oath of any credible person, that any. such
!, officer has violated this provision, Immediately
8 TO relieve such officer from duty; and said CON-
manders shall take prompt measures to have
him tried for such offence; and any commander
as aforesaid failing to perform the duties epjoin-
ed by this section, shall, upon being duly con-
victed thereof, be discharged from the SER
| vice. Aasfns
ssSEoTloN 10.o BE 1T further enacted, That all
/ laws granting exemptions from military service
be. and the same are hereby, repealed and here
after none shall be exempted except the follow
ing