The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1864-08-30
THE NEW MILITARY LAW.

THE NEW MILITARY LAW.
Il Ball to organize forces to during the Var.
Sec l. That from and after the passage of this act
all white men residents of the Confederate States be-
The ages of II snd so, shall be in the military
service of the Confederate States for the war.
Sec 3 That all the persons aforesaid, between the
ages of and AS in service, shall be retained
during the present with the United States, in the
regiments, battalions and companies to which
they belong at the passage of this act WITH the same
organization and officers unless regularly transferred
discharged, in accordance with the laws and regu
lations for the government of the army Prorided that
companies from State, organized against their
consent expressed at the time, with regiments or bat
talons from another State, shall have the privilege of
being transferred organizations of troops in the
Of the service, from the States in which said
companies were raised aud the soldiers from one
State in companies from another State shall be allow
ed, if they desire it, transfer to organizations from
their own STATES, in the of the service.
Sec 3. Be it further enacted, That at the expiration
of six months from the first day Of April next bounty
of one hundred dollars in six per cent Government
bond which the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby
authorized to ISSUE shall be paid to every nen-com
missioned officer, musician and private who shall then
be in service in the event of his death previous to
the period Of such payment then to the person per-
sons who would be entitled by law to receive the ar
of his bnt shall be entitled to the
bounty herein provided, who shall any time, during
the period of six months next after the said first day of
April, be absent from his command without leave
Sec 4. Be it further enacted. That person shall
be relieved from the operation of this by Of
having been heretofore discharged from the army,
where no disability now exists; shall those who
have furnished substitutes be any longer exempted by
reason thereof Provided that person. heretofore
exempted on account of religious opinions and who
has paid the tax levied to relieve him fl ON service
shall be required 80 render military service under this
Sec s. Be it further enacted, That all white male
residents of the Confederate States, between the ages
of II and Is and As and so years. shall enroll them
selves such times and places and under such regu
ations, as the President may prescribe, the time al
lowed not being less than thirty days for those east
and sixty days for those of the Mississippi river
and any person who shall fail so to enroll himself
without Reasonable excuse therefor, to be judged of
by the President shall be placed in service in the field
kfor the war, in the though they were
between the ages of eighteen and fortyv Prorded,
that the persons mentioned in this section shall con-
stitnte for State defence and detail duty and
shall not be required to perform service out OF the
State in which they reside.
Sec 6. That all persons required by the 9Th section
this act to enroll themselves, may within thirty days
after the passage thereof of the river
and within sixty days, if of said river form them
selves into voluntary organizations of companies, bat
tallons, regiments and electther officers said
organizations to conform to the existing laws; and,
having organized to tender their services volun
teers during the to the President; ID if such or
CARNATIONS shall furnish proper muster rolls, now
organized, and deposit cop! thereof with the EN- OIL
ing officer of their district, which shall be equivalent
to enrolment they mat be accepted minute men
for service in such State but in event to be taken
out it, Those who do not volunteer and organize
shall enroll themselves as before provided and may,
by the President, be required to assemble at conven
lent places of rendezvous and be formed organized
into companies, batalions and regiments, under regu
ations to be prescribed by him. and shall have the
right to elect their company and regmenal officers
and all troops 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.
Sec {. That any person who shall fail attend at
the place of rendezvous required by the authority
of the President, without sufficient excuse, to be
judged of by him. shall be liable to be placed in SER
vice in the field for tire war; if he between the
ages of s and 45 years.
Sec g. That hereafter the duties of provost and hos
pital guards and clerks and Of clerks guards agents,
employees laborers in the Commissary and Quarter
masters Departments, in the Ordnance Bureau, and
clerks and employees of navy agents also in the
cution of the enrolment act and all similar duties,
shall be performed by persons who within the ages
of eighteen and fortyve years. and who by the report
of Board of army surgeons shall be reported
BILE to perform active service in the field but capable
of performing the above said duties specifying
(which; and when those persons shall have been assign
ed those duties far practicable, the President
shall assign detail their performance such bodies
o: troops individuals required to be enrolled under
discharge of such duties Proridd that persons De-
tween the ages of IL and Is shall be assigned those
duties Provided further that nothing contained in this
shall be construed to the President
from detailing artizans, mechanics persons of scien
tifc SKILL to perform indispensable duties in the de-
partments or bureaus herein mentioned.
Sec 9. That any Quartermaster Assistant Quar-
termaster Commssary, or Assistant Commissary 10Th
er than those serving with brigades regiments in
the feld) or onceFs In the Ordnance Bureau Navy
Agents, Provost Marshal, officer in the consctpt
service, who shah hereafter employ retain in his
employment any person in any of their said depart
bureaus or in any of the duties mentioned in
the sth section of this act in violation Of the pEpvis
ions hereof shall, conviction thereof by a
martial military court be cashiered and it shall be
the duty ofany department district commander, up
proof by the oath of any credible person. that any
such officer has violated this provision, Immediately
to relieve such officer from duty and said commanders
shall take prompt measures have him tried for such
offence; and any commander aforesaid failing to
perform the duties enjoned by this section SHALL upon
being duly convicted thereof be discharged from the
service.
IN REGARD TO EXEMPTIONS.
Sec 20. Be it further enacted That all laws granting
exemptions from military service be- and the are
hereby repealed and hereafter shall be exempted
except the following:
l. All who shall be held unfit for military service |
under rules to be prescribed by the Secretary of War
g. The Vce-President of the Confederate States the
members and officers of Congress and of the several
State Legislatures, and such other Confederate and
State officers as the President, the Governor of the
respective States, may certify to be necessary for
proper administration of the Confederate or State
Governments, as Tie case may be,