Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-16
The uuisary Bm.


From the z chuo2d Whiss 1lIh
The House Of Representatives, yesterday,
adopted = resolution authorizing their sesicn
upon the military bill Of the Senate to be made
public. We are, therefore, at liboTsy to state
that tine following are the alterations in the bill
of the Sonets (heTetofoTe published BY us,) pro
posed By the House
Instead Of csnscribing for service in the field
ali men capable CT bearing arms bet1eeu the
ages Of Is and 55, as tbs Ssnate proposed, the
House reduces the maximum sge to 45
The second section Of the bill is changed 10
resd a. follows:
All duties IS provost or hospital guards and
clerks, or IS clerks, guards, assistants en-
plOyeos or laboTers. iG the eOnmissarys 5 ard
gGsriormEsier's departments, in The oriussee
sad medical bureaus, and in tae execution OF
The enrolment acts, and -sll similar Guties shall
hereafter be performed by persons who have
bean disabled rom active service in the & Id,
and who, BY board Of surgeons, thsil have
been reported g. for those duties, and
when these shall have been exhausted, the
President shall call upon the Governors of tie
several States toT tha quotas ct persons required
70 make nB tho number needed for the perform
anee Of thu above mentioned duties, which quo
taE shall be iaken from persons not liable to
military service in the srmy of the Confederate
States
After sxempting, IS the Senate proposed, the
Vice President, aud members of Congress and
the State Legislatures, the House amendment
adds: "aud the oficsTs, executive and judicial,
of the Confederate snd State Governments, ex-
cept such State officers IS tie several States may
have decided By law to bs liable to military
duty"
10 addition 70 the BupeFin.sndonts of lunaiic
asylumsJ the House proposes to exempt the
physicians ard teachers
As TO newspapers, the Senate bill exempts one
scitor and such jourBeymea printers ss 80 or
the proprietor may certify on oath may be in
dispenssbe for conducting the publication. The
House amendment restricts the exemption by
requiring that the editor shsll be practical
printer
The clause Ct lhe Ssnate bill ezempt;ng phys
icisns is amerded by the House by excluding
den fists from the benefit Of the provision.
The provision exempting teachers is altered
to read as follows: can presidents and teachers
Of colleges, academies, schools and theological
seminarfes, who have been regularly engaged as
such for two years previous to the passage Of
the act, provided that none shall receive the
benefit OF this exemption, the number Of whose
pupils is not twenty or more
An additional provision Of the House ia that
"loF necessary subsistence there shall be exempt
one white msn, the head Of g family Of eight or
moro white persons, who are dependent on his
labor for support"
| The Secretary Of War is authorised, in addi-
ton, to exempt OF detail such parsons as he is
satisfied ought to be exempted on account Of
/ public necessity, and to insure the production
OF provisions f1r the army aud foF noD-prodGesTs,
| aud such farmers ard oveTseeTs as he is can
vinced would be more useful in agriculture than
| in the military service: Provided that they
pledge themselves to sell to the Government ell
their surplus at the prices fixed by the commits
i sioneTs of sppTa;smeRt
The House slso proposes to exempt the pTesi-
| dsnt, treasurer, auditor ard superinssudsDts,
and such oficeTs and employees OF railroads,
| engaged in military transportation, as tho pTesi
dent msy certify on oath are necessary to the
working Of the road, provided the number SC
exempt shall not excsed ons to each mile OF road
used ia military transportation
The House also proposes to exempt ibe whiee
officers, Tot exceeding three, Of any hre com
pany, composed of negroes, organised On OF
before ths Ist January, 1864.