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(OFFlCIAL)
AMENDED CONSUMPTION ACT.
General Order of the War De-
partment.

| PSA oAAonV'
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Adjntant Generals Office
Washington, July 6 1864.
GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 224.
The following Act of Congress ia published
f'r the Information and government OF all con.
| cerned:
PUBLIC.-NO 196
AN AC: further to regulate and provide for
the enrolling and calling out the national
forces, and for other purposes.
Be Henacted By the Senate and House of Pepre-
senfoHires IF the United Sttaes of Anaericu in
Congress HssembIpd That the President of the
Unit, d States may, mt his discretion at anv
time reafter Call for any numbe of men as
volunteers, for the respective terms of one
TWO AMI three years, for mi tary service; and
| any such volunteer or. in case of draft as here
matter provided. any substitute shall he cred
red to the town, township, ward of city. pre-.
clnct or election district, or of County not
80 subdivlded, towards the quota of which he
| may have volunteered or engaged "a sulEt-
tute; and every volunteer who is accepted and
mustered into the service for a term of one
year unless sooner di charged, shall receive,
| and he paid bv the United States, bounty of
one hui dred dollars and if for term of two
wears, unless sooner discharged, bounty of
wv" hundred dollars and if for term of three
H..
three hundred dollars; one third of which
bounty shall be paid to the soldier ut he time
| or MS being mustered into the service one
tnlrd at the expira ion of one half of his term
OF service, and one third at the expiration of
ms term of service. And in case of his death
while in the service the residue of his ,un;y
unpaid shall he paid TO his widow. il he shall
have LETT widow; if not, TO his children, or if
there be none, to his mother, il she be
widow.
SIC 2. And be IL further enacted, That in
case the quota or any part thereof, of any town,
township, ward OF city, precinct. or election
district or of anv county not so suhdvded.
shall not be filled within the space of fittv DAYS
after such call then the President shall imme-
q ately order draft for one year to fill such
| quota, or any part thereof which NAV he un
hiiec: and in case of such draft no payment
! II money shall be acc, pied or received by the
| Government IA commute ion to relt.a.e auy
enrolled or drafted man ON personal Oblua
| tt to perform military service
SIC And be 1t further enacted hat i. shall
| he lawful for the executive of any of the aies
| to send recruiting agents into any of the ates
| declared to be in rebellion. except the States
| OF Arkansas, Teu..essee and Louisiana to re-
| cruit volunteers under any call und-r the pro-
visions of this act, who shall be credited 10 the
STATE, and to the respective subdivisions thereof
which may procure the enlistment.
SEC. 4. Ant6e IL Hter enacted That draft ed
| men. suhsti utes, and volunteers, when mu>-
| tered in, shall be organized into, or ASST ned
to regiments, batteries, or other org lniz atoms
| OF their own States, and. as far "a rlcticahe,
| SHALL when assigned. I've permitted to select
| their own regiments, ba .tercs or other organ
| izationS from among those of their respective
States which at the time of assignment may
| not be filled to the maX'mum number.
SEC 5. and be 1t further enncted, That the
| twentieth c,on of this act entitl ID An act
| He'd ON e., li,,rr
| and 90 ling out the national forces and r
| other purposes" approved February twenty
| four, eighteen hundred aud sixty -four. sha be
construed to mean that the >ecI etary of War
| shall dschirge minors under he aye of eighteen
| years under he circumstances and on the con-
| ditiOns prescribed in said section; and here
| after, If any officer of the United States shall
| knowingly enlist or muster into the military
| service any person under the age of sixteen
years, with or without the consent of bis
parent or guardian, such person SD enlisted
or recruited shall be Immediately dis
charged upon repayment of all bOuniies re
ceived: aud such recruiting or mastering
officer who shall knowingly enlist any person
| under sixteen years of age, shall be dismissed
the service, with forfeiture OF all pay and allow
ances. and shall be subj c; to such farIher
punishment IA court martial may direct.
SEC. 6. And be 1t further enacted, That sec
ton three. Of an act entitled An act to amend
| an act entitled an act fO' enrolling and calling
out the national forces and for other purposes, -
| approved February twenty four eighteen hun
dred and sixty tour, he, and the same is here.
by amended. so as to authorize and direct dis
| trict provost marshals. under the direction of
the Provost Marshal General, to make a draft
tor one hundred per cenum in addition to the
number required TO fill the quota of any dis
trict as provided by said section.
SEC. And be 1t further enacted That in
stead Of travelling pay. a drafted pers rus re
pur ing ut the place of rend' zvous shall be al
lowed transportation from their places of resi-
dence; and persons discharged at the place OF
| rendezvous shall be allowed transportation to
their places of residence.
| SEC. 8. And be 1t further enacted That all per-
sons in the naval service Of the United States
who have entered said service during the pres
ent rebellion. who have. not been credited to
the quota of any town, district ward State
by reason of their being n said service ami moi
enrolled p'iOr to February twenty-tou tn
eighteen hundred and sixty flour, shall be en-
rolled and created to the qnotas of the town
ward, district. or State, in which they respec:
lively reside, upon satisfactory proof of thei,
residence made to the Secretary of War.
SEC. 9. And be it further enncted That if any
person duly drafted shall be sent from pmt
in prosecution Of his usual business, the pro
vost marshal Of the district shall cause him tc
be duly notified as soon as may be, and ht
shall not be deemed deserter, nor l.bie ri
such. until notice has been given to him. aur
reasonable time allowed for him to return anl
report to the provost marshal of his d-tric,
but such absence shall not otherwise aft Ct hi,
liability under this act.
SEC. 10 And be II further enacted, That moth
ing contained in this act shall be construed t.
Ter or n anv way affect the provisions of tn,
seventeenth section of an act, approved Feb
ruary twenty fourth, eighteen hundred arc
sixty-four, entitled An act to amend an &C
entitled an act for enrolling and calling on
the national forces and for other purpuse-
i approved March third. eighteen hundred ant
siXty-three.
SEC II Aud5e Il further enacted, That moth
, ing contained in this act shall be construed I.
alter or change the provisions of exist ny law
! relative To permitting persons liable 10 militia
, | nv service to furnish substitutes.
Approved July 4, 1864
| By order of the Secretary of War:
E. ID. TOWNEND,
: Assistant Adju,ant General.
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