Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-02-07
SENATE.

Mr.. Wilson called up the bill in relation
to the enrolment as reported by the Mil
itsry Committee, which is as follows:
Bet enacted, &c, That from and after
the passage of this act, any person en-
rolled and liable to be drafted, may be
accepted as substitute for a drafted per
son, and such drafted person shall be ex-
enpted from service for such time as the
substitute shall be held to service under
the terms of his enlistment.
SEC. 2. And be 1t further enacted, That
no person owing military service shall be
exempted from furnishing the same on nc
count of having furnished a substitute
for the navy, unless the substitute is pre-
sented in person to the Board of Enroll
ment by which the principal is enrolled,
and is accepted by said Board of Enroll
ment.
SEC. 8. Ind be it further enacted; That
any recruiting agent, substitute broker,
or other person, VINO shall enlist or cause
to be enlisted as volunteer or substitute
any insane person, or any person In h
condition of intoxicstion, or deserter
from the military or naval service of the
United States, knowing him to be such,
unteer or substitute of any portion of the
State, local, or United States bounty to
which he may be entitled, shall, upon
conviction by any eourt-martial or otner
military commission, be fined not exceed
ing one thousand dollars, or imprisonment
not exceeding two years, or both, at The
discretion of such court martial or military
commission.
SEC. 4. A,d be it further enacted, That
any officer who shall muster into the SER
ysce of the United States any deserter from
said service, or insane person, or a person
in a condition Of intoxlcation, known by
him to be such, shall, upon conviction by
spy court martial or military commission,
be dishonorably dismissed the service of the
United States.
SEC. 5 .And be 1t further enacted, That
all State and local bounties hereafter paid
to any volunteer or substitute upon enter
ing the military or naval service of tie
United Suites snail be paid in installments
as follows: 0ne-third at time OF the muster
into the service; onesshird at the expirsticI I
of half the term of service, and one-thirc
at the expiration of the term of such ser
vice, unless sooner discharged bY reason O.
wounds received in battle, aDd in the cas-
/ of his death while IA Ih0 service the resi-
due of his bounty unpaid shall be paid t.
his widow, if he shall have a widow; i
not, to his children; or if there be none, t
his mother, if she be widow.
SEC. 6. And be 1t further enacted. Tha
the remainder of the term of service Of an
person who shall hereafter enter the mill
4 - I 4
ed man, and shall desert therefrom or b
discharged by reason of physical disabilit,
existing prior to such entry into the sci Y .ct
shall be added TO the amount due from tn
district to which such volunteer or drsfte
man shall have been credited, and the sam
shall be filled up from such district by en-
listment or draft.
SEC. Z. A7ad be it further enacted, TIL 9
in addition to the other lawful penalties {
the crime of desertion from the military c
naval service, all persons who have deser
ed the military or naval service of the I'm
ted States, who shall not return to said SCI
vice, or report themselves to Pro7o
Marshal, within sixty days after the pa
sage of this act, shall be deemed and take
, to have voluntarily relinquished and fol
feited their rights of citizenship, and the
rights to become citizens, and such abse1
tees shall be forever incapable of holdin
any office of trust or profit under the Un
t ted States, or exercising any OF the righ
4 of citizens thereof, and all persons WI
shall hereafter desert the military or nav
: service shall be liable to the penalties
q this section.
: SEC. 8. Aad be 1t further enacted, Tn
the President is hereby authorized and r