Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-08-27
The Enrolment LAVA Correct
Copy.

An act of Congress further to regulate and
provide for the enrolment and calling out the
national forces, and for other purposes:
! /. The President OF the United States, may, at
his discretion at any time hereafter, call for any
number of men as volunteers. for the respective
! terms of one. two and three years for military
service; and any such volunteer or in
case of draft as hereafter provided, any
substitute shall tie credited to the town.
/ township, ward or city precinct, election
! district OF county, toward the quota OF which
| he may have volunteered or engaged as a subst-
tute, and every volunteer who is accepted and
mustered into the service for term of one year
unless sooner discharged, shall receive and be
| paid by the United States a bounty of 500, and
| if for term of two years unless sooner dis
charged, bounty of 5000, and if for term Of
three years unless sooner discharged. bounty of
/ S300-one third of which bounty will be paid to
/ the soldier at the time of his being mustered
into the service, one third at the expiration of
! one half of his term of service and one third at
the expiration of his term of service; and in
case of his death while in the service, then the
residue of his bounty unpaid shall be paid to
his widow, if he shall have left widow, if not,
to his children il there be none, to his mother,
/ in case she be widow.
! = In case the quota, or any part thereof of
any town, township ward OF a city, precinct, or
election district. or OF any county not divided.
shall not be filled within the space of fifty days
after such call, then the President shall immed-
ately order draft for year to fill such quota,
or any part thereof which may be untitled. and in
case of any such draft, no payment of money
/ shall be accepted or received by the Govern
ment as communication TO release any enrolled or
drafted man from personal obligation to perform
! military service.
3. lie shall be lawful for the Executive of any
other State to send recruiting agents into any Of
/ the States declared TO be in rebellion except the
/ States of Arkansas, Tennessee and Louisiana,
and to recruit volunteers under every call under
the provisions OF this act who shall be credited
to the State and to the respective subdivisions
thereof. which may procure the enlistment.
Drafted men, substitutes and volunteers,
when mustered in, shall be organized in or as
signed to regiments batteries, or other organiza-
tons Of their own States; and as far rs practical
Bile shall, when assigned, be permitted to select
| their owr regiments batteries or other organiza-
tons from among those of their respective States
! which, at the time Of their assignment, NAV not
! he filled to their maximum number
D The twentieth section of the &C. entitled
IAN act to amend act entitled an act for en-
rolling and calling out the national forces" ap-
proved February "a, 1864, shall be construed to
mean that the Secretary of War shall discharge
minors under the age of eighteen years, under
the circumstances and on the conditions pre-
scrlbed in said section; and hereafter if any OIL
Ger OF the United States shall enlist or muster
! into the military service any person under the
age OF sixteen years, with or without the consent
of his parent or guardian such person so enlisted
or recruited shall be Immediately and uncondi-
tonally discharged upon the repayment of all
bounty received and such recruiting or muster
ing officer who knowingly enlsts person under
sixteen shall be dismissed the service, with the
forfeiture of all pay and allowance and shall be
subject to such further punishment court
martial may decide
b. Section three of an act entitled IAN act TO
amend an act for enrolling and calling out the
national forces and for other purposes" approved
February "a, 1864, be and the same is hereby
amended so as to authorize and direct District
Provost Marshas. under the direction of the
Provost Marshal General. to make a draft for
one hundred per centum in addition TO the mum
Der required to fill the quota of any district as
provided by that section.
4. That instead of travelling pay, all drafted
persons reporting at the place OF rendezvous,
shall be allowed transportation from their places
of residence, and persons discharged az the place
Of rendezvous shall be allowed transportation to
/ their places Of residence.
:. All persons in the naval service of the
United States who have entered said service dur
ing the present rebellion. who have not been
credited to the quota of any town, district, ward,
or State by reason of their being in said service.
and not enrolled prior to Feb "a, 1864. shall. on
satisfactory proof Of their residence, made TO the
Secretary OF War, be enrolled and credited to
the quota of the town, ward, district, State in
which they respectively reside
Ii any person duly drafted shall be absent
from home in the prosecution of his usual bust
ness, the Provost Marshal of the district shall
cause him TO be duly notified soon as may be.
and he shall not be deemed deserter, nor liable
as such until notice has been given to him and a
reasonable time allowed for him to return aud re
port to the Provost Marshal OF his district, but
such absence shall not otherwise affect his liabil
/ itv under this act.
/ lO and III. Nothing contained in this act is TO
be construed to alter in any way affect the law
relative to those conscien;iously opposed to bear
ing arms or to affect the rights of persons to
! procure substitutes
Approved: A. LINCOLN.
Washington. July l. 1864