Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1864-02-26
The Military Bill,

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An Aor TO oRaAnizE ToKcBsro SERVE DURING
TIE WAR.
{ i. That from and alter Tho passage of
thSia .act all white men. residents ofthe Con-
federate States, between the ages Of II and
SO, shall be in the service Of the Confeder-
| ate States during the mar. s. =,
2. That all persons Aforesaid. between
tie ages Of Is and As, now IL service, shall
be reisined during the present war with the
United States, in the ssme regiments. bat
talions and companies to which they be
longed At the passage Of this act, with the
Same organization and officers, unless reg
ularly transferred or discharged, in accord
ance with the laws and regulations of the
army : Provided. That companies from
one State, organized against their consent,
expressed at the time, with regiments or
battalions from another State, shall have
the privilege Of being transferred to organ
ixations Of troops, in tks,eame arm Of SER
vice, from the State in which said compa-
MES were raised; and the soldiers from one
State, in companies from another State,
shall be allowed. if they desire it, trans
fer to organizations from their own States,
in the same: arm IF Che Service.
3. Be 1t further enacted, That, at tho
| expiration of six months from the LIST day
ct April next, q Bounty of one hundred
dollars, in SIC percent Goyernment bond,
which the Secretary of the Treasury is here
by authorized to isste shall be psid to every
non commissioned officer, .ans;ciah, and
private who shall then be in service, o. in
the: event Of his death, previous to the peri
~ - suc.h payment, then to the person or
~ ~ ~, w,.enld be entitled by law to
receive receive, the b arrea,ee.. Of bis pay; but no
one shall be entitled to the ."ounsy nereln
provided, who shall at any TIM: rug ~: la.
period of six months next after the ssid i. .
day of April. be absent from his command
withoutleave.
4 Be It, further enacted, That no per-
son shall be received from the operation Of
This act by reason efhasing been heretofore
discharged from the army. where no disa-
bility now exists; nor shall those who have
furnished substituted be any longer uxempt-
ed BY reason thereof: Proviaed. that no
person heretofore exempted on account of
religious opinions, and who has paid the
tax levied to relieve him from service shall
be required to render military service under
this act >.
s. BE 1t further enacted, That all white
male residents Of the Confederate States,
between the ages Of seventeen aid eighteen
and forty-dve and Fifty years. shall enroll
themselves at sach times and places. and
under such regulations as the President
may prescribe, the time allowed not being
less than thirty days for those east. and
sixty days for those ives. of the Mississippi
river. and any person who shall fail 50 to
enroll himself, without r asonable excuse
therefore, to be judged Of by the President,
shall be placed in service in the field fee. tsne
war, in the same manner IS though they
were between tbs ages Of eighteen and for
..y-tive; Provided, that tie persons men,
toned in this section shall constitute re-
serve for the State defence and detail duty I,
and shall not be required to perform SER
vice out of the State in which they reside
6. That ell persons required by the fifth
section Of this act to enroll themselves may,
! within thirty days sher the passage thereof,
east Of the Mississippi river, and within
sixty days, if west Of said river, from them
selves into voluntary organizations Of com.
panies, battalions or regiments, and elece
their own officers; said organizations to con-
1 form to the existing laws and, having SC
organized, to tender their services Is SolGhn-
teers dhrihg the war to the President; and
If such organizations shall furnish proper
muster rolls, as now organized, and depasi'
copy thereof with the enrolling officer Of
their district, which shall be equivalent to
enrolment, they may be accepted as minute
mon for service in such State. But Il DC
event to be taken out oft. Those who do
not so volunteer and organize, shall enrol
themselves as before provided; and may, by
the President, be required to assemble al
convenient places Of rendezvou5. and be
formed or organized into companies, battal-
ions and regiments, under regulations to be
/ prescribed by him; and shall have the right
to elect their company and regimental Off
GERS and all troops organized Under this
act for State defence. shall be entitled. while
in actual service. to the came pay and al
lowance as troops now IN the fefd...
| I. That any person who shall tail % a.
tend at the place ofrendezyous, as required
BY the authority of the President, !. without
a sufficient excuse, to be judged Of By him
shall be liable to be placed II service in thu
field for tn, war, as il he were between the
ages of eighteen and fcrty-fve years o
age. ...
and hoapital. guards id clerks, and o
clerks, guards, agents, employees or labor
ers in the Commissary aud Quartermaster's
Departments, in the ordnance bureau, and
clerks and employees ofnavy agents, and al
similar duties, shall be performed by per-
sons who are within the ages Of eghitheer
and forty five years. and who BY the repor
of board of army surgeons shall be reported
as unable to perform active service in tn
field. but capable of performing some of the
above said duties, specifying which, ane
when those persons shall have been assigned
to those duties as far a practicable, thu
President shall assign or detail to their per
formance such bodies Of troops, or individ
uals, required to be enrolled under tie fftl
! Section Of this act, as may be needed for TIL
! discharge Of such duties: Prouided, tina
persons between the ages of seventeen ano
eighteen shall be assigned to those duties
! Provided further; that nothing contained
IN this act shall Be Sd Construed as to pre-