Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-02-11
THE MILITARY BILL

THE MILITARY BILL
The following bill has been passed b,
the Senate in secret session, aud sent t
the house. The Injunction OF secrecy hav
ing been removed, it is given to the pub
lie. It provides for the enrolment of al
persons betwe the ages OF As and 5:
years. and greatly curtails the recent ex
emption list ,S<..s1 p = z''.. Has
A BILL to organize forces to oserve during
the war. saasuaAea sas z,.ss.. 8
SECTION /. zAe Congress of the, Comted-
erGte States Of Anaerscu do enact, That from
and alter the passage of this act, all white
men, residents Of the Confederate States
between the ages OF eighteen and ffty-fi We
shall be in the military service OF the Con-
tederate States for the war
SEC 2. That all persons between the
ages OF 45 and 55, not now in the army,
shall enroll themselves within such time
and at such place or places in their respec-
tive counties or parishes, as may be pre-
scribed by tie President, and upon their
failure to do 20, the persons so falling shall
be conscribed into the army in the fed:
and all the details for prov ost and hospital
guards, for Comlnissary, quarternaster and
nltre bureau agents, clerks and guards.
and tor service in enforcing the conscript
acts, and for all other purposes, except as
hereinafter provided, shall be taken from
those persons who are between the ages of
40 and So, not no III the army, and from
those below the age of 45, who are unfit
Tor military service in the field by reason
OF physical disability, within thirty DAYS
from the passage, OF this act Z'4orided,
That III the trans Mississippi department
the time fer the enroilment aforesaid shall
be sixty days .Prociaed further, That
all the persons herein named, between the
ages OF 45 and So, shall only be placed in
the service to act as details, as herein pro-
SEC. 8. That no person shall be relieved
from the operation of this law BY reason
OF having been heretofore discharged from
the army, where no disability now exists,
nor shall those who have furnished su bsti-
tntes be ary longer exempted by reason
thereof: Providefz,a That no person who
has heretofore been exetI pied on account
ofsrel'giousl opinions, and who has paid the
tax levied to relieve him from that services.
saal. be co1lseribed underIthis act. ,q .-yq ~
SEC. 4. That all laws granting exc np-f
tions from military service be, and the
same are hereby repealed, and that hereaf*
ter none shall ra :. be exempt except the fol,
lowing: ''"">'' -" = 1'E +'f ~" f1e@ sS
1: All who shall be held to be unfit f for r
military service, under rules TO. be pre- !.
ser1bed by the Secretary of War. ss,.,A : !.
II. The Vice President OF the Confede-
rate States the members Of Congress and
Of the several State legislatures, and the
officers thereof, and such other Confederate
and State officers as the President or the
Governors Of the States, respectively, may
declare to be, necessary for the proper .ad-
OF the Confederate or State
doYernments,sas as the, case may be. srx... ii
IL. Every minister of reli gion,, author
led edstopreach6according' to the drules sof !
his sect, and who was on the 10th Of April
1862, and has been since, in the regularI
discharge of his ministerial duties super
lntendents ofasylnms of the deaf dumb
ana blind, aud @of, the insane ;ssone j
ed.sos $. Of each newspeper establishes and
0eing published on the 10th OF April 1862, T
wno' was owner or eaitor Of q newspaper
10 tnsf date, and which has been so pub I
!lstled regulafl ssince that time, and snchf
loufneymen printers as SUCK editor NAV, 81 T
under oath declare are IN dihlp ihslpensllbie bi for T
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