The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-08
OFFICIAL
mr. AND rxsr'R Gxs'L's OFFICE, |
A' richmond, Va, March !, ls64, J

yurpAi, ORDERS No X--
Tne foiowing act Of Gongress aad seeuia.'
~. are published 'ot "e '"'" ' s-
W. W. NJ all concerned;
ance " ,xws rcsczs 10 SERVE pUuxc TEE wAa.
AZ m ,rs of tk Cesfeievos Mats cf Jd~srtca
TAI cc~tg ~, ;,om and atler the passage of thls
dss.nc' 's,e ." men, residents Of the Confederats
etg >" ,c,,rccu the ages OF seventeen ana nfty
aan y, tn tho military service VI ue
States :" ~ss, ~, the persons aforesaid, between
sec y. ats.ehteen and forty Eve now In the ser
fhe ~ he retained, during the present war win
the usied s,a,es ia Tue ssS ,ney belong =. .c
ions anu ,his sc, with the same organization and
% ua,e,s regularly ira sseIred OF a,scnafgsd
oMes,ssnre with the laws and regulations Tor the
IN aesp'". ~ The army Provided, That com on
CoSesames sne STATE organized against their con-
aies n" sed al the time, with regiments or pat
a,s Xom another state, shall nave the Pnsiieee
sains sfefred to organisations of xoops ~
OF "e'"s .,m of the service from the states In
the sa.s ia eompsnies were raised, and soldiers
Wh'en ' S,a,e In companies from another state
nii hs allowed II they desire II, transfer 70 or
s'"; a ,ions from their own State IN inc same arm
of the service.
s.., sec :, a.r of Aprii next, a bounty OF one hun
,"e 1,iars in six per cent Government bond
h,eh the secretary of the Treasury Is hereoy au-
,'i.sa "a issue shall be paid to every non com
,,o,cd ofIcer, musician, and private, VINO snai
s b in ,ha service; or, In the event OF his death
taen 70 tte period of such payment, then to thc
pteswo =, nersons who would be entitled by law 70
I.s.s The arrearaees of his pay, but no one snail
p,,i,ied IN the bounty herein provided VINO snail
~. as time during the period of six months next
s, az, Inc ss,d nrst day Of April be absent from his
command witbo4t 'ease'
g.. A That no person shall be relieved from INC
.,,o, of this act by reason Of having been here.
r',s sIscharged from the army where no disability
ivo'. a,ls,s nor shall those who have furnished
snhs,;tutes be any longer exempted oy reason
,hsreof proriied, That no person heretofore cx.
an,n,sa ON account Of religious opinions, and who
p.id the tax levied 10 relieve him from service,
sssi ne required to render military service under
Sec S That all white male residents OF the Con.
,sde,ue States between the ages OF seventeen and
.is,,,een and fory-ivc and ffty years shall enroll
tbsmselyes at such times and places and under
s,,rh regulations as the President may prescribe,
,se lime allowed not being less than thirty days
fv those east and sixty days for those west OF the
Mississippi river; and any person who shall fail so
fo enroll himself, without a reasonable excuse
,berefor 10 be Judged Of by the President, shall be
nIaced in service In the field for the war In the
same manner as though he were between the ages
nf eirhteen and forty five: Prouidcd, That the per-
SONS mentioned in this section shalt constitute u
reserve for STATE defence aud detail duty and shall
be required to perform service out OF the sa.e
su which they reside.
Sec s. That all persons required by the fifth
section of this act to enroll themselves may, with
In thirty days after the passage hereof, east OF the
Mississippi river, and within sixty days. If west of
taid fyer form themselves into voluntary organiza
ions of companies, battnliOns OF regiments, and
elect their own Offcers-sad organization to cOn-
'om 10 the existing law; and having SO organized,
40 tender their services rs volunteers during the
war to the President; and If such organization
shall furnish proper muster rolls as now required,
and deposit copy thereof with the engroiiiDg Off
Ger Of the district, (Which shall be equivalent 10
snrolment,) they may be accepted as minute men
far service in such State; but In no event TO be
taken out of it. Those who do not volunteer and
Orranizc shall enroll themselves as before provide
and may by the President, be required to assemble
AZ places of rendezvous, and be formed into CON-
panies, bartalions and regiments, under rcguia'
lions to be prescribed by him, and shall have the
Iigh, TO elect their company and regimentai OH
GERS and all troops organized under this act Tor
State defence shall be entitled, while In actual ser
vice, 10 The same pay and allowances as troops
bow In the field.
Z, Sec, Z That any person who shall fail to attend
L. ,he places of rendezvous as required by the
authority Of the President, without sancient ex-
cusc, 10 be Judged of by him, shall be liable to be
ysaccd in service in the field for the war; as If he
we're between the ages Of eighteen and forty hvc
Sec 6 That hereafter the duties OF provost aud
aasP.tai guards and clerks, Of clerks, guards,
SCENTS, employees, or laboFers IN the Commssary's
aA QuarternastcT's Departments, In the Ord
nance Department, I'D CLERKS and empioVces %
navy agents also In the execution Of the enroll
msnt acts, and all similar duties, shall be per-
somed by persons who are within the ages OF
eighteen and and forty years, and who, by the
resort of board of army surgeons, shall De re-
po1ed as unable 10 perform active service in the
hed but capable of performing some Of the above.
Daned duties, specifying which; and when those
penons shall have been assigned TO those duties as
far as practicable, the President shall detail or as
sigL 10 their performance such bodies Of troops
idTduals, required % be curoied under the nun
secuon OF this act as may he needed for the dis
caa'ee Df such duties Prousdsd, fhat persons be
tween tic ages of seventeen and eighteen shall not
be ;ssFnsd TO these duties PTors3ett further That
uohing contained IN this act shall be so construed
as u prevent the President from detailing artzans,
Indispensable duties in the departments or bureaus
herein mentioned.
see. 9. That any Quartermaster or assistant
auaftermaster, commssary or assistant commissa
~, totber thdn those serving with regiments ahd
ars edes In the field or officer In the ordinance
a bureaux navy agent, or provost marshal, or ON
Ger IN the conscript service, who shall hereafter
employer retain in his employment any person in
ay Of their said departments Or bureauA, or In any
of he duties mentioned In the eighth section of
ri act, In violation of The provisions hereof shall,
l. conviction thereof, by court martial or mill
taty coun be cashiered; and it shall be- the da:y
OF any department or district commander, upon
pfUof by the oath of any credible person, hal any
such officer has violated this provision, immediate
fyto relieve such officer from duty and said com
'naBder shall take prompt measures TO nave MIN
=, tried Tor such offence, and any commander as
iiaresaid failing TO perform the duties enjoined by
his section. shall, upon being duly convicted
thereof, be dismissed from the service.
see. i0. That all laws granting exemptions from
itafy service be, and the same are hereby repeal
-, aud hereafter none shall be exempted except
the following:
:. All who shall be held unfit for military ser
srs, under rules 10 be prescribed by the Secretary
H. The Vice President of the Confederate States;
me members and officers Of Congress, and Of the
severai State Legislatures, and such other COnfed
crate and state officers the President or the Gov
ethofs OF the respective States may certify to be
necessary tor The proper administration Of the Con
Hoefate or state Governments, as the case may be.
III Every minister OF religion authorized 70
preach according to the rules Of his church, and
woo, At me passage OF tais act shall be regularly
employed IN the discharge Of hts ministerial duties
superintendents and physicians of asylums for the
gear, dumb and blind and of the insane; one editor
iof tach newspaper being published at the time Of
ue passage Of this act and such employees as said
saof may certify on oath TO be Indispensable TO
she publication of such newspaper; the public
pfinteT Of the Confederate and State Governments,
anu sucn )oufneymen printers as the said public
printer shaii certify on oath 10 be indispensable TO
efofm The public printing; one skilled apothecaTy
- ~ eacn apothecary store, who was doing business
IS sach apothecary on the tenth day of October,
syateen hundred and sixty-two, and has continued
aS business, without tutesmission, since that pc
.Ioo' all physicians over the age OF thirty years
san no nov are, and for the last seven years have
.s, IN the actual and regular practice Of their
tas@aoh, but the term physician shall not tncsudc
,s,; sh presidents and teachers Of colleges,
WIZ wsso'sSseai semlnasies, academies, and schools,
vae,. nase been regularly engaged as such for two
ia, before the passage Of this act: Provided,
,h.. a,s penehi Of this exemption shall extend to
,wss eaehsrs only whose schools are composed Of
m,hIcn students students or more all superntcndcnts Of
puphc hospitals established BY law before the pas
.as,.,a ~ as act, and such piysicians and nurses
to no - as sucn superintendent shall certify On oath
asemsSs " the psoper and cfhcicnt man
seer n, s..ss snan DC exempt one person n over
upon which there are now, ana were " .,nnn ssc Isl